Key facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Named after
- Kagera River
- Capital
- Bukoba
- Districts
- List Biharamulo District Bukoba Rural District Bukoba Urban District Karagwe District Kyerwa District Missenyi District Muleba District Ngara District
- Regional commissioner
- Fatuma Mwasa
- Total
- 35,686 km (13,778 sq mi)
- Land
- 25,513 km (9,851 sq mi)
- Water
- 10,173 km (3,928 sq mi) 27%
- Rank
- 16 of 31
- Elevation
- 1,400 m (4,600 ft)
- Highest elevation katerere
- 1,917 m (6,289 ft)
- Lowest elevation lake victoria
- 1,135 m (3,724 ft)
- Density
- 109.34/km (283.19/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Kageran
- Settler
- Swahili
- Native
- Wahaya , Wanyambo , Washubi , Wahangaza , Waha , Wazinza & Warongo.
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( EAT )
- Postcode
- 35xxx
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Encyclopedic overview
Kagera Region (Mkoa wa Kagera in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions, with an area of 35,686 km (13,778 sq mi). Kagera Region is bordered to the east by Lake Victoria, Mwanza Region and Mara Region, to the south by Geita Region and Kigoma Region, to the west by Rwanda and to the north by Uganda and Burundi to the south west. The regional capital city is Bukoba. According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 2,989,299, an increase from 2,458,023 in 2012.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kagera Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.