Kagera is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region is located in the northwestern corner of Tanzania on the western shore of Lake Victoria. The region neighbours Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi and lies across the lake from Kenya. The region was known as West Lake before June 1979. The regional capital is the city of Bukoba. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 2,458,023, which was lower than the pre-census projection of 2,763,329. For 2002-2012, the region's 3.2 percent average annual population growth rate was tied for the third highest in the country. It was also the ninth-most densely populated region, with 97 people per square kilometre.On 10 September 2016, the region was struck by an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale.
It was the biggest earthquake to have been recorded in Tanzania.Its attempted annexation by Uganda in 1978 triggered the Uganda–Tanzania War which culminated in the overthrow of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin on 11 April 1979, at the Fall of Kampala.
MV Bukoba ilikuwa moja ya meli kubwa katika ziwa Victoria. Ilikuwa ina uwezo wa kusafirisha watu zaidi ya 400 na tani zaidi ya 100.
Meli hii ilikuwa ikiondoka Bukoba siku za Jumatatu, Jumatano na Ijumaa. Meli hii sio kongwe kama ilivyokuwa MV Victoria iliyojengwa mwaka 1961; hii ilijengwa mwaka...
Meli ikiwa inazama na ikiwa imezungukwa na mitumbwi pamoja na boti ambazo zilisaidia kwenye uokoaji
RIPOTI ya Tume ya Jaji Robert Kisanga, iliyochunguza chanzo cha ajali ya mv Bukoba, inasema usiku wa kuamkia siku ya ajali, meli hiyo ilipakia abiria kati ya 750 na 800 pamoja na wafanyakazi 37...
"MV Bukoba was a passenger steamer that sank in Lake Victoria, 30 kilometers from Mwanza, Tanzania on May 21, 1996, killing nearly 1000 people. The boat transported passengers and cargo between Bukoba and Mwanza ports. The steamer's capacity was 430, but around 800 people drowned as the boat...
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