Kashasha

Kashasha
Kata ya Kashasha
Ward
Kashasha is located in Tanzania
Kashasha
Kashasha
Location of Kashasha
Kashasha is located in Africa
Kashasha
Kashasha
Kashasha (Africa)
Coordinates: 1°45′28″S 31°36′57″E / 1.75778°S 31.61583°E / -1.75778; 31.61583
Country Tanzania
RegionKagera Region
DistrictMuleba District
WardKashasha
Population
 (2016)[1]: 139 
 • Total12,508
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Postcode
35524

Kashasha is a village on the western coast of Lake Victoria in the Muleba District of the Kagera Region, Tanzania, near the border of Uganda. The village is known for having been the locus of the Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962.[2]

In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 12,508 people in the ward, from 11,021 in 2012.[1]: 139 [3]: 166 

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