Bukoba

History

Bukoba Municipal

Situated on the south-western shores of Lake Victoria, Bukoba lies only 1 degree south of the Equator.

Bukoba is situated on the south-western shores of Lake Victoria in the north-western region of Tanzania. The regional capital and Kagera's biggest town is the gateway to the region.

It boasts a white sandy beach, a large market, a port tennis courts and a swimming pool. 5 of which take VISA cards in the ATM.

Bukoba Town itself has the status of a municipal Council. It has a municipal Director and other local government officials like other district councils in the region.

Ports

Bukoba is currently Tanzania's second largest port on Lake Victoria after Mwanza.

Utility

Bukoba is served by the National Electric Utility Company TANESCO.

Economy

Kagera's Regional Commissioner resides and has his head office in The Bukoba Central Business District.

Bukoba is the leading district in Tanzania with a high percentage of people with middle-class incomes. The percentage of people living under the poverty line is the lowest in the country. Bukoba has a new mall named Bakwata Complex that will start operation in September 2024.

The city is flat, compact, and surrounded by hills. The town has a bus stand, an airport, and a port. A ferry used to travel from Bukoba via Kemondo Bay Port to Mwanza on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights, and soon a newly built ship, the second largest lake ship in Africa, will make ferry voyages to Bukoba daily.

Airport

thumb|Bukoba Airport

[[Bukoba Airport]]

The Airport is located south east of the city. The address on Sokoine Road.

Auric Air flies three times a day to Mwanza. In 2010 the airport was extended as more flights were expected in line with capacity growth milestones of The Air Terminal reviewed after published reports every quarter of the year. Air Tanzania (ATCL) also have scheduled flights to Bukoba throughout the week with connecting flights through Mwanza to Dar es Salaam.

Transport

Bus

A bus leaves for Kampala at 7 am every day (about 6 hours) and from Kampala for Bukoba at 11 am every day.

Sports

Bukoba is represented in the Tanzanian Premier League by football club Kagera Sugar. It is the home to several charities - including SHARE in Africa and Jambo Bukoba. Both are focused on the educational sector.

The Kaitaba Stadium is also found in south east of Bukoba on Jamhuri Road. The stadium has the capacity of 15000 people and supports football games day and night.

Climate

Bukoba has an upland tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Amb, because every month has a normal mean temperature of between 18 °C and 22 °C) although it is milder than most climates with that classification due to its altitude. It can sometimes get cool especially in the evenings during the two rainy seasons, but never as cold as the winter season in Europe. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230916224052/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Tanzania/CSV/BUKOBA_63729.csv | archive-date = 16 September 2023 | access-date = 16 September 2023}}

|Jan record high C = 30.6 |Feb record high C = 31.0 |Mar record high C = 31.4 |Apr record high C = 31.1 |May record high C = 30.1 |Jun record high C = 31.1 |Jul record high C = 30.6 |Aug record high C = 28.9 |Sep record high C = 30.0 |Oct record high C = 29.6 |Nov record high C = 30.2 |Dec record high C = 30.3 |year record high C = 31.4 |Jan record low C = 11.1 |Feb record low C = 11.7 |Mar record low C = 10.6 |Apr record low C = 10.6 |May record low C = 10.0 |Jun record low C = 12.2 |Jul record low C = 10.6 |Aug record low C = 10.0 |Sep record low C = 10.9 |Oct record low C = 10.6 |Nov record low C = 11.1 |Dec record low C = 12.8 |year record low C = 10.0 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190419202623/https://www.dwd.de/DWD/klima/beratung/ak/ak_637290_kt.pdf | archive-date = 19 April 2019 | url-status = live

Sister cities

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Gallery

Mater Misericordiae Church - Bukoba.JPG|The Mater Misericordiae Church. MV Victoria.jpg|MV Victoria (1959) at Port of Bukoba

Bukoba 0817 .jpg|Street in Bukoba

References

References

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