Kashasha Explained

Kashasha
Native Name:Kata ya Kashasha
Native Name Lang:sw
Settlement Type:Ward
Pushpin Map:Tanzania#Africa
Pushpin Relief:yes
Coordinates:-1.7578°N 31.6158°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Kagera Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Muleba District
Subdivision Type3:Ward
Subdivision Name3:Kashasha
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:12,508
Postal Code:35524
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3

Kashasha is a village on the western coast of Lake Victoria in the Muleba District of the Kagera Region, Tanzania, near the border of Uganda. The village is known for having been the locus of the Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962.

In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 12,508 people in the ward, from 11,021 in 2012.

Villages

The ward has 14 villages.