Bukoba Rural District

Bukoba Rural District
Wilaya ya Bukoba
Coordinates: 1°29′00″S 31°32′00″E / 1.483333°S 31.533333°E / -1.483333; 31.533333
Country Tanzania
RegionKagera
Government
 • TypeCouncil
 • BodyBukoba District Council
 • District CommissionerMoses Joseph Machali (CCM)
 • District SecretaryKadole Kilugala
 • Chairman of CouncilMurshid Hashim Ngeze
Area
 • Total
1,654 km2 (639 sq mi)
Elevation
1,800 m (5,900 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
322,448
 • Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Area code028
WebsiteDistrict Website

Bukoba Rural District is one of the eight districts of the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Missenyi District, to the east by Lake Victoria and Bukoba Urban District, to the south by Muleba District and to the west by Karagwe District. Its administrative seat is Bukoba town.

At the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Bukoba Rural District was 289,697, from 394,020 in 2002, and 340,800 in 1988.[1][2] The district area is 1,654 square kilometres (639 sq mi), with a population density of 175.2 square kilometres (67.6 sq mi)[3] There are 29 wards, 94 villages, and 515 suburbs in the district.[4]

  1. ^ "2002 Census Analytical Report". Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (in Swahili). Dodoma, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania). p. 17. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Tanzania National Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics. Dodoma, Tanzania. March 2013. p. 163. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Bukoba Rural District in Tanzania". City Population (in English and German). Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Bukoba" [Bukoba District Council]. Ofisi ya Rais, Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za mitaa (in Swahili). Bukoba, Tanzania: Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Bukoba. Retrieved 2 July 2022.