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Coordinates: 5°20′24.72″S 38°56′17.16″E / 5.3402000°S 38.9381000°E / -5.3402000; 38.9381000
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'''Bweni''' is an administrative ward in the [[Pangani District]] within the [[Tanga Region]] of [[Tanzania]]. According to the 2002 census, the ward has a total population of .As per the 2012 census, it has a population of 2,045,205<ref name="2012 Census">{{cite web|url=http://www.nbs.go.tz/sensa/PDF/Census%20General%20Report%20-%2029%20March%202013_Combined_Final%20for%20Printing.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612082906/http://www.nbs.go.tz/sensa/PDF/Census%20General%20Report%20-%2029%20March%202013_Combined_Final%20for%20Printing.pdf|archive-date=June 12, 2013| title=Population Distribution by Administrative Units, United Republic of Tanzania, 2013|date= March 2013|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Finance, Dar es Salaam and Office of Chief Government Statistician, President’s Office, Zanzibar}}</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>

==See also==
* [[Abushiri revolt]]


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Latest revision as of 10:23, 2 November 2023

Bushiri
Kata ya Bushiri (Swahili)
Ward
Kata ya Bushiri, Wilaya ya Pangani
Bushiri is located in Tanzania
Bushiri
Bushiri
Coordinates: 5°20′24.72″S 38°56′17.16″E / 5.3402000°S 38.9381000°E / -5.3402000; 38.9381000
Country Tanzania
RegionTanga Region
DistrictPangani District
Area
 • Total
249 km2 (96 sq mi)
Elevation
55 m (180 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
4,750
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
 • SettlerSwahili & Makonde
 • AncestralBondei & 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Tanzania: Northern Tanzania(Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  2. ^ "Bushiri Elevation".
  3. ^ "2012 Population and Housing Census General Report" (PDF). Government of Tanzania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. ^ 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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