Official Name: | Mutukula |
Other Name: | Mtukula |
Pushpin Map: | Tanzania |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tanzania |
Coordinates: | -1.0011°N 31.415°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kagera Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Missenyi District |
Timezone: | East Africa Time |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Elevation Ft: | 1200 |
Blank Name: | UFI |
Blank Info: | -2570404 |
Blank1 Name: | Climate |
Mutukula, sometimes spelled as Mtukula,[1] is a small town in Missenyi District, Kagera Region, in northwestern Tanzania, at the border with Uganda. Formerly, the settlement on the border was known as Kyebisagazi, and Mutukula was a kilometre to the south on the east side of the Masaka-Bukoba Road (B8).
The town is located approximately 70km (40miles) northwest of Bukoba, the regional capital.[2]
The 2012 estimated population of Mutukula, Tanzania, was about 5,000. The immediately adjacent town in Uganda is about three times the size.