Bushiri
Bushiri is an administrative ward in Pangani District of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 249 km (96 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 55 m (180 ft). According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 4,750. It is named in honor of Abushiri, a freedom fighter who led a revolt against the German colonizers of East Africa in 1888.
See also
References
- ^ "Tanzania: Northern Tanzania(Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ^ "Bushiri Elevation".
- ^ "2012 Population and Housing Census General Report" (PDF). Government of Tanzania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ 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.
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