Mutukula, Tanzania

For the city in Uganda, see Mutukula, Uganda.
Mutukula
Mtukula
Mutukula

Location in Tanzania

Coordinates: 01°00′04″S 31°24′54″E / 1.00111°S 31.41500°E / -1.00111; 31.41500Coordinates: 01°00′04″S 31°24′54″E / 1.00111°S 31.41500°E / -1.00111; 31.41500
Country  Tanzania
Region Kagera Region
District Misenyi District
Elevation 400 m (1,200 ft)
Time zone East Africa Time (UTC+3)
UFI -2570404
Climate Aw

Mutukula, sometimes spelled as Mtukula,[1] is a small town in Misenyi District, Kagera Region, in northwestern Tanzania, at the border with Uganda. Formerly, the settlement on the border was known as Kyebisagazi, and Mutukula was a kilometre to the south on the east side of the Masaka-Bukoba Road (B8).

Location

The town is located approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi), by road, northwest of Bukoba, the regional capital.[2]

Population

The 2012 estimated population of Mutukula, Tanzania, was about 5,000. The immediately adjacent town in Uganda is about three times the size.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mtukula (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ↑ Road Distance Between Bukoba and Mutukula with Map
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