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Kabanga, Kagera Region

{{Short description|Ward in Ngara, Kagera, Tanzania}}

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kabanga

| native_name = Kata ya Kabanga

| native_name_lang = sw

| settlement_type = Ward

| pushpin_map = Tanzania#Africa

| pushpin_relief = yes

| map_caption = Location of Kabanga

| coordinates = {{coord|02|54|08|S|30|29|55|E|display=inline,title|type:adm3rd_region:TZ_source:google_maps}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Kagera Region

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Ngara District

| subdivision_type3 = Ward

| subdivision_name3 = Kabanga

| elevation_m = 1540

| population_as_of = 2016

| population_total = 24,979

| population_footnotes = {{r|2016_census|p=140}}

| postal_code = 35709

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| timezone = EAT

| utc_offset = +3

}}

Kabanga is a ward in the Ngara District of the Kagera Region in Tanzania near the Burundian border. Wahagaza are the indigenous of Ngara. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 24,979 people in the ward, from 22,010 in 2012.{{r|Wahangaza}}{{r|2016_census|p=140}}{{r|2012_census|p=168}}

Villages

The ward has 25 villages.{{r|Kagera_postcode}}

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  • Mukafigiri
  • Mukitangaro
  • Mkisagara
  • Muntamba
  • Ibuga Na. 1
  • Ibuga Centre
  • Mukihahe
  • Kichacha A
  • Kichacha B
  • Mukigoti
  • Mndarangavye
  • Djululigwa centre
  • Murukoli
  • Kabanga ya juu
  • Kumushiha
  • Nzaza A
  • Nzaza B
  • Mkagobero
  • Murukukumbo chini
  • Mundimanga
  • Muchuya
  • Mukitamo
  • Murutete
  • Mukirehe
  • Murulango

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Transport

In 2021, a proposed railway to Rwanda would pass through this town.{{r|SGR}}

See also

References

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{{cite web |title=Hangaza in Tanzania |url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/12059/TZ |website=People Groups |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804194848/https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/12059/TZ |archive-date=4 August 2020 |url-status=live}}

{{Cite report |url=http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf |title=2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas. |date=2013-03-01 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |page= |language=en |access-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326183741/http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf |archive-date=2022-03-26 |url-status=live}}

{{Cite report |url=https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf |title=2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara. |trans-title=Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania |date=2016-04-01 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |page= |language=sw |access-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227102333/https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf |archive-date=2021-12-27 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |title=Kagera Postcodes |url=https://www.tcra.go.tz/uploads/text-editor/files/Kagera%2035000_1622732742.pdf |publisher=Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729090158/https://www.tcra.go.tz/uploads/text-editor/files/Kagera%2035000_1622732742.pdf |archive-date=29 July 2022 |language=en |url-status=live}}

{{cite news |title=SGR plans initiated under Mkapa govt, reveals Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete |url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/-sgr-plans-initiated-under-mkapa-govt-reveals-jakaya-mrisho-kikwete--3465284 |access-date=13 August 2022 |work=The Citizen (Tanzania) |publisher=The Citizen (Tanzania) |date=8 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813103823/https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/-sgr-plans-initiated-under-mkapa-govt-reveals-jakaya-mrisho-kikwete--3465284 |archive-date=13 August 2022 |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |language=en}}

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Category:Populated places in Kagera Region