{{Short description|Ward in Pangani District, Tanga Region}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox Settlement for additional fields that may be available--> <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Bushiri |native_name = {{native phrase|sw|Kata ya Bushiri}} |official_name = Kata ya Bushiri, Wilaya ya Pangani |nickname = |settlement_type = Ward |pushpin_map = Tanzania |pushpin_label_position = |coordinates ={{Coord|5|20|24.72|S|38|56|17.16|E|display=title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Tanga Region |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Pangani District |area_total_km2 = 249 |population_as_of = 2012 |population_total = 4,750 |population_density_km2 = auto |elevation_m = 55 |postal_code_type = Tanzanian Postal Code |postal_code = 21307 |demographics_type1 = Ethnic groups |demographics1_title1 = Settler |demographics1_info1 = Swahili & Makonde |demographics1_title2 = Ancestral |demographics1_info2 = Bondei & Zigua }}
'''Bushiri''' is an administrative ward in Pangani District of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of {{cvt|249|km2}},<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/northern/admin/|title=Tanzania: Northern Tanzania(Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref> and has an average elevation of {{cvt|55|m}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elevationmap.net/msaraza-bushiri-pangani-tz-1012581246|title=Bushiri Elevation}}</ref> According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 4,750.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf|title=2012 Population and Housing Census General Report|publisher=Government of Tanzania|accessdate=2021-12-31|archive-date=26 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326183741/http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is named in honor of Abushiri, a freedom fighter who led a revolt against the German colonizers of East Africa in 1888.<ref>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.</ref>
==See also== * Abushiri revolt
==References== {{reflist}} {{Pangani District}} Category:African resistance to colonialism Category:1888 in German East Africa Category:Wards of Pangani District Category:Wards of Tanga Region {{TangaTZ-geo-stub}}