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{{Short description|Ward in Pangani District, Tanga Region}} |
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|name = Bushiri |
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|native_name = {{native phrase|sw|Kata ya Bushiri}} |
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|official_name = Kata ya Bushiri, Wilaya ya Pangani |
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|postal_code = 21307 |
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|demographics1_info1 = [[Swahili people|Swahili]] & [[Makonde people|Makonde]] |
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|demographics1_info2 = [[Bondei people|Bondei]] & [[Zigula people|Zigua]] |
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'''Bushiri''' is an administrative ward in [[Pangani District]] of [[Tanga Region]] in [[Tanzania]]. The ward covers an area of {{cvt|249|km2}},<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/northern/admin/|title=Tanzania: Northern Tanzania(Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref> and has an average elevation of {{cvt|55|m}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elevationmap.net/msaraza-bushiri-pangani-tz-1012581246|title=Bushiri Elevation}}</ref> According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 4,750.<ref>{{ |
'''Bushiri''' is an administrative ward in [[Pangani District]] of [[Tanga Region]] in [[Tanzania]]. The ward covers an area of {{cvt|249|km2}},<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/northern/admin/|title=Tanzania: Northern Tanzania(Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref> and has an average elevation of {{cvt|55|m}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elevationmap.net/msaraza-bushiri-pangani-tz-1012581246|title=Bushiri Elevation}}</ref> According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 4,750.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf|title=2012 Population and Housing Census General Report|publisher=Government of [[Tanzania]]|accessdate=2021-12-31|archive-date=26 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326183741/http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is named in honor of [[Abushiri]], a freedom fighter who led a revolt against the German colonizers of East Africa in 1888.<ref>Pike, Charles. “History and Imagination: Swahili Literature and Resistance to German Language Imperialism in Tanzania, 1885-1910.” The International Journal of African Historical Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, Boston University African Studies Center, 1986, pp. 201–33, https://doi.org/10.2307/219426.</ref> |
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[[Abushiri revolt]] |
* [[Abushiri revolt]] |
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Latest revision as of 10:23, 2 November 2023
Bushiri
Kata ya Bushiri (Swahili) | |
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| Kata ya Bushiri, Wilaya ya Pangani | |
  Bushiri | |
| Coordinates: 5°20′24.72″S 38°56′17.16″E / 5.3402000°S 38.9381000°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Tanga Region |
| District | Pangani District |
| Area | |
• Total | 249 km2 (96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 55 m (180 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 4,750 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Settler | Swahili & Makonde |
| • Ancestral | Bondei & Zigua |
| Tanzanian Postal Code | 21307 |
Bushiri is an administrative ward in Pangani District of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 249 km2 (96 sq mi),[1] and has an average elevation of 55 m (180 ft).[2] According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 4,750.[3] It is named in honor of Abushiri, a freedom fighter who led a revolt against the German colonizers of East Africa in 1888.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tanzania: Northern Tanzania(Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ^ "Bushiri Elevation".
- ^ "2012 Population and Housing Census General Report" (PDF). Government of Tanzania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ Pike, Charles. “History and Imagination: Swahili Literature and Resistance to German Language Imperialism in Tanzania, 1885-1910.” The International Journal of African Historical Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, Boston University African Studies Center, 1986, pp. 201–33, https://doi.org/10.2307/219426.
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