Bushiri

Ward in Pangani District, Tanga Region

Ward in Tanga Region, Tanzania

Bushiri Kata ya Bushiri (Swahili)
Ward
Kata ya Bushiri, Wilaya ya Pangani
5°20′24.72″S 38°56′17.16″E / 5.3402000°S 38.9381000°E / -5.3402000; 38.9381000
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]

References

^ "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.