Kabanga, Kagera Region Explained

Kabanga
Native Name:Kata ya Kabanga
Native Name Lang:sw
Settlement Type:Ward
Pushpin Map:Tanzania#Africa
Pushpin Relief:yes
Coordinates:-2.9022°N 30.4986°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Kagera Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Ngara District
Subdivision Type3:Ward
Subdivision Name3:Kabanga
Elevation M:1540
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:24,979
Postal Code:35709
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3

Kabanga is a ward in the Ngara District of the Kagera Region in Tanzania near the Burundian border. Wahagaza are the indigenous of Ngara. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 24,979 people in the ward, from 22,010 in 2012.

Villages

The ward has 25 villages.

Transport

In 2021, a proposed railway to Rwanda would pass through this town.

See also