{{Short description|Ward in Muleba, Kagera, Tanzania}} {{Use British English|date=August 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields that may be available and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> | name = Kashasha | native_name = <small>Kata ya Kashasha</small> | native_name_lang = sw | settlement_type = Ward <!-- images and maps -----------> | pushpin_map = Tanzania#Africa | pushpin_relief = yes | map_caption = Location of Kashasha <!-- Location ------------------> | coordinates = {{coord|1|45|28|S|31|36|57|E|display=inline,title|type:adm3rd_region:TZ_source:google_maps}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Kagera Region | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Muleba District | subdivision_type3 = Ward | subdivision_name3 = Kashasha <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_as_of = 2016 | population_total = 12,508 | population_footnotes = {{r|2016_census|p=139}} | postal_code = 35524 | postal_code_type = Postcode | timezone = EAT | utc_offset = +3 }}
'''Kashasha''' is a ward 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.{{r|Jeffries_07}}
In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 12,508 people in the ward, from 11,021 in 2012.{{r|2016_census|p=139}}{{r|2012_census|p=166}}
== Villages == The ward has 14 villages.{{r|Kagera_postcode}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Rubya * Kashenshero * Kitarabwa * Omukitenge * Kifo * Kiiga * Buhanama * Bukijungu * Nyaruhanga * Bukambiro * Nyakashunshu * Rwabona * Kigabiro * Kanyambogo {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=Jeffries_07>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/21/society.health|first=Stuart|last=Jeffries|title=The outbreak of hysteria that's no fun at all|date=November 21, 2007|newspaper=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited}}</ref> <ref name="2012_census">{{Cite report |url=http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf |title=2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas. |date=2013-03-01 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |page= |language=en |access-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326183741/http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf |archive-date=2022-03-26 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="2016_census">{{Cite report |url=https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf |title=2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara. |trans-title=Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania |date=2016-04-01 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |page= |language=sw |access-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227102333/https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf |archive-date=2021-12-27 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Kagera_postcode">{{cite web |title=Kagera Postcodes |url=https://www.tcra.go.tz/uploads/text-editor/files/Kagera%2035000_1622732742.pdf |publisher=Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729090158/https://www.tcra.go.tz/uploads/text-editor/files/Kagera%2035000_1622732742.pdf |archive-date=29 July 2022 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> }}
Category:Populated places in Kagera Region Category:Wards of Tanzania
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