# Bushiri

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{{Short description|Ward in Pangani District, Tanga Region}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
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|name                    = Bushiri
|native_name             = {{native phrase|sw|Kata ya Bushiri}}
|official_name           = Kata ya Bushiri, Wilaya ya Pangani
|nickname                = 
|settlement_type         = [Ward](/source/Wards_of_Tanzania)
|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](/source/Regions_of_Tanzania)
|subdivision_name1       = [Tanga Region](/source/Tanga_Region)
|subdivision_type2       = [District](/source/Districts_of_Tanzania)
|subdivision_name2       = [Pangani District](/source/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](/source/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_Tanzania)
|demographics1_title1    = Settler
|demographics1_info1     = [Swahili](/source/Swahili_people) & [Makonde](/source/Makonde_people) 
|demographics1_title2    = Ancestral
|demographics1_info2     = [Bondei](/source/Bondei_people) & [Zigua](/source/Zigula_people)
}}

'''Bushiri'''  is an administrative ward in [Pangani District](/source/Pangani_District) of [Tanga Region](/source/Tanga_Region) in [Tanzania](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Abushiri_revolt)

==References==
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{{Pangani District}}
Category:African resistance to colonialism
Category:1888 in German East Africa
Category:Wards of Pangani District
Category:Wards of Tanga Region
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