Bushiri
Kata ya Bushiri (Swahili) | |
|---|---|
| Kata ya Bushiri, Wilaya ya Pangani | |
  Bushiri | |
| Coordinates: 5°20′24.72″S 38°56′17.16″E / 5.3402000°S 38.9381000°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Tanga Region |
| District | Pangani District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 249 km2 (96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 55 m (180 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 4,750 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Settler | Swahili & Makonde |
| • Ancestral | Bondei & 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]
- ^ "Tanzania: Northern Tanzania(Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ^ "Bushiri Elevation".
- ^ "2012 Population and Housing Census General Report" (PDF). Government of Tanzania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ 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.