Bukene, Tanzania

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Bukene
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Bukene
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Coordinates: 04°14′S32°53′E / 4.233°S 32.883°E / -4.233; 32.883 Coordinates: 04°14′S32°53′E / 4.233°S 32.883°E / -4.233; 32.883
Country Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Region Tabora
District Nzega
Population
 (2012)
  Total7,641
Time zone GMT+3
Climate Aw

Bukene is a town and a ward in central Tanzania. It is located in Nzega District of Tabora Region.

Tanzania Country in Africa

Tanzania officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands at the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in north-eastern Tanzania.

Nzega District District in Tabora Region, Tanzania

Nzega District is one of the seven districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Shinyanga Region, to the south and southwest by the Uyui District and to the east by the Igunga District. Its administrative seat is the town of Nzega.

Tabora Region Region in Central, Tanzania

Tabora Region is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the municipality of Tabora. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 2,291,623, which was lower than the pre-census projection of 2,539,715. For 2002-2012, the region's 2.9 percent average annual population growth rate was the ninth-highest in the country. It was also the 24th-most-densely-populated region with 30 people per square kilometre. The region's average household size of 6.0 persons was the third-highest in the country.

According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Bukene Ward was 7,641. [1]

Transport

It is served by a station on the Central Line railway of Tanzania.

Central Line (Tanzania) railway line in Tanzania

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References

  1. "Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.