Kirushya is one of 17 wards/divisions of Ngara District, in the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is located near Burundi and Rwanda. The name itself comes from a word for "tedious"; the area is largely a dry hill, and the scarcity of water forced residents to travel long distances for resupply. Such a journey is tedious, hence the name. In the 2017 government plans, 41% of Kirushya's population had clean water.[1]

Kirushya
Kata ya Kirushya
Kirushya is located in Tanzania
Kirushya
Kirushya
Location of Kirushya
Coordinates: 2°27′02″S 30°32′34″E / 2.450428°S 30.542775°E / -2.450428; 30.542775
Country Tanzania
RegionKagera Region
DistrictNgara District
WardKirushya
Population
 (2016)
 • Total12,062
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 12,062 people in the ward, from 10,628 in 2012.[2][3]

Villages

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The ward has 23 villages.[4]

  • Mubisumulizi
  • Murubila
  • Kumuyaga
  • Mumakombe
  • Kumutumba
  • Kasange Nyabigogo
  • Kasange kati
  • Mukahama
  • Gwamanyagu
  • Kirushya Mwisenga
  • Kamilo
  • Kirushya
  • Rugenge
  • Masale
  • Nyamigango
  • Mwivuza Murugarama A
  • Murugarama B
  • Mundaro A
  • Mundaro B
  • Mubayange A
  • Mubayange B
  • Mukabenga
  • Mumaliza

References

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  1. ^ Ngara District Council Strategic Plan (PDF) (Report). Ngara: Halmashauri ya wilaya ya Ngara. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. ^ 2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara [Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania] (PDF) (Report) (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. ^ 2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas (PDF) (Report). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Kagera Postcodes" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.