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Bushiri

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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Bushiri
Kata ya Bushiri (Swahili)
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] The Ward is anmed after a famous Swahili revolt in German occupied East Africa in 1888.[4]

See also

References

  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. 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.