Kashasha Kata ya Kashasha | |
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Coordinates:1°45′28″S31°36′57″E / 1.75778°S 31.61583°E /-1.75778; 31.61583 | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Kagera Region |
District | Muleba District |
Ward | Kashasha |
Population | |
• Total | 12,508 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Postcode | 35524 |
Kashasha is a ward on the western coast ofLake Victoria in theMuleba District of theKagera Region,Tanzania, near the border ofUganda. The village is known for having been the locus of theTanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962.[2]
In 2016 theTanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 12,508 people in the ward, from 11,021 in 2012.[1]: 139 [3]: 166
The ward has 14 villages.[4]
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