Kirushya

Kirushya is one of 17 wards/divisions of Ngara District, in the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is located near Burundi and Rwanda. The name itself comes from a word for "tedious"; the area is largely a dry hill, and the scarcity of water forced residents to travel long distances for resupply. Such a journey is tedious, hence the name. In the 2017 government plans, 41% of Kirushya's population had clean water.[1]

Kirushya
Kata ya Kirushya
Ward
Kirushya is located in Tanzania
Kirushya
Kirushya
Location of Kirushya
Coordinates: 2.450428°S 30.542775°E / -2.450428; 30.542775
Country Tanzania
RegionKagera Region
DistrictNgara District
WardKirushya
Population
 (2016)
 • Total12,062
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 12,062 people in the ward, from 10,628 in 2012.[2][3]

Villages

The ward has 23 villages.[4]

  • Mubisumulizi
  • Murubila
  • Kumuyaga
  • Mumakombe
  • Kumutumba
  • Kasange Nyabigogo
  • Kasange kati
  • Mukahama
  • Gwamanyagu
  • Kirushya Mwisenga
  • Kamilo
  • Kirushya
  • Rugenge
  • Masale
  • Nyamigango
  • Mwivuza Murugarama A
  • Murugarama B
  • Mundaro A
  • Mundaro B
  • Mubayange A
  • Mubayange B
  • Mukabenga
  • Mumaliza

References
  1. Ngara District Council Strategic Plan (PDF) (Report). Ngara: Halmashauri ya wilaya ya Ngara. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. 2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara [Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania] (PDF) (Report) (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. 2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas (PDF) (Report). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. "Kagera Postcodes" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
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