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27-721: Kagera may refer to: Kagera Region in Tanzania Kagera River , originating in Burundi and flowing into Lake Victoria Kagera, Ukerewe , a ward in Ukerewe District , Tanzania Akagera National Park in Rwanda Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kagera . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
54-475: A cash crop. Bananas were a staple food in the region. Although there was a gender-based division of labour in the traditional Bahaya society, women of the time were not thought to be inferior to men. In fact women commanded special respect in all traditional rituals. For example, upon the death of a head of a family (Nyin'enju), during the following inheritance rituals, the "Main Inheritor" (Omusika) had to have
81-495: A female counterpart selected from among his sisters to share his authority. Similarly, upon the death of a reigning king, during the crowning of the next king, there had to be a "sister to the nation" ( Kinyany'engoma ) who was also selected from among his sisters. The kings lived in elaborate palaces and were respected as the direct link to gods of their kingdoms. The authority of the nine kingdoms (Kihanja, Karagwe, Kiziba, Misenye, Bugabo, Kyamtwara, Ihangiro, Bukara and Biharamulo )
108-792: A route through which aquatic species of the Congo Basin could colonize Lake Tanganyika, which formerly had distinct fauna. From north to south the mountains include the Lendu Plateau , Rwenzori Mountains , Virunga Mountains and Itombwe Mountains . The Ruwenzori mountains have been identified with Ptolemy 's "Mountains of the Moon". The range covers an area 120 km (75 mi) long by 65 km (40 mi) wide. This range includes Mount Stanley 5,119 m (16,795 ft), Mount Speke 4,890 m (16,040 ft) and Mount Baker 4,843 m (15,889 ft). The Virunga Massif along
135-552: Is a last chief in Misenye (currently Missenyi District ). Other chiefs include Rumanyika of Karagwe, Ruhinda, Kahigi and other inferior chiefs. Kahigi is among the chiefs who waived their territories by collaborating with German colonialists. Cultural tours are available for tourists visiting Kagera and can be accessed from the region's capital of Bukoba . These tours include visits to the region's national parks/nature reserves etc. During German rule Dr. M. Zupitza, then serving as
162-685: Is divided into eight districts , each administered by a council: In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 2,789,577 people in the region, from 2,458,023 in 2012. Albertine Rift The Albertine Rift is the western branch of the East African Rift , covering parts of Uganda , the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda , Burundi and Tanzania . It extends from
189-570: Is home to Biharamulo Forest Reserve , Burigi-Chato National Park , Ibanda-Kyerwa National Park , Rumanyika-Karagwe National Park , Rubondo Island National Park and Saanane Island National Park . In 2019, Burigi , Biharamulo game reserve, and Lakes Burigi and Kimis were upgraded to become a national park with the Burigi-Chato National Park . Rumanyika-Karagwe National Park was gazetted as Rumanyika-Karagwe National Park and Ibanda-Kyerwa National Park . Kagera Region
216-458: Is one of Tanzania 's 31 administrative regions . The region covers an area of 35,686 km (13,778 sq mi). The region is comparable in size to the land area of the Netherlands . Kagera Region is bordered to the east by Lake Victoria , Mwanza Region and Mara Region . The region is bordered to the south by Geita Region and Kigoma Region . Lastly, Kagera borders Rwanda to
243-668: Is seen in the many churches in the region. The attempted annexation of Kagera by Uganda in 1979 triggered the Uganda–Tanzania War . Agriculture is the main economic activity in the region, with the primary crops farmed in the region being pulses . Cereals were the most often planted crop, with 153,993 hectares (42.8% of the total area planted with annuals), followed by root and tubers with 64,261 ha (17.8%), oil seeds with 10,416 ha (2.9%), cash crops with 7,737 ha (2.1%), and fruits and vegetables with 3,558 ha (1.0%). The majority of annual cash crops were cotton. Cereal crop output in
270-680: The Kagera River . Kagera is Tanzania's fifteenth-largest region and accounts for approximately 3.3 percent of Tanzania's land area of 885,800 square kilometres (342,000 sq mi). The regional capital Bukoba is about 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) from Dar es Salaam . With an average annual rainfall of 500 to 2000 mms, the Kagera Region has a bi-modal rainfall pattern from March to May and from October to November. Rainfall varies from 2000 mm per year in Bukoba to 500 mm in
297-544: The West Lake Region. Following the Kagera War in 1979, the West Lake Region was renamed the Kagera Region. For a period of about five centuries, Kagera was home to nine different kingdoms with highly hierarchical societies. Before European colonialism, coffee was a traditional crop in the area, used for its stimulant properties and in local cultural rituals. During colonial times, coffee was transformed into
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#1732765096947324-440: The area is dominated by maize, evidenced by 302,529 households in the region raising maize during the brief wet season. This made up about 93.8% of all households that raised crops during that time. Food crop sales accounted for 54.0% of smallholder households' total cash income in the Kagera Region, with cash crop sales (18.9%), other sporadic income (8.7%), fishing (4.3%), and wages/salaries (4.3%) following. Petty businesses were
351-927: The border between Rwanda and the DRC consists of eight volcanoes. Two of these, Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo , are still highly active. Isolated mountain blocks further to the south include Mount Bururi in southern Burundi, the Kungwe-Mahale Mountains in western Tanzania, and Mount Kabobo and the Marungu Mountains in the DRC on the shores of Lake Tanganyika . Most of the massifs rise to between 2,000 m (6,600 ft) and 3,500 m (11,500 ft). The Albertine Rift montane forests are important eco-regions. Transitional forests, intermediate between lowland and montane forest, are found at elevations from around 1,000 m (3,300 ft) to 1,750 m (5,740 ft). Montane forest covers
378-467: The east. The Kagera River forms the region's border with Rwanda. The region lies in the middle of 30°25' and 32°40' east, and 1°00' and 2°45' south. The total area is 35,686 square kilometres (13,778 sq mi), of which 25,513 square kilometres (9,851 sq mi) is land and 27 percent, and 10,173 square kilometres (3,928 sq mi) is water. Much of the water is that of the great lake, Victoria , as well as lakes Ikimba, Burigi , Ngono and
405-501: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kagera&oldid=953641067 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kagera Region Kagera Region ( Mkoa wa Kagera in Swahili )
432-702: The local medical officer, encountered the plague outbreak in Kiziba (1897–1898). In cooperation with Dr. Robert Koch , he confirmed that the cause was the same bacteria as the outbreak in Bombay . When authority was transferred to the British who supplanted the Germans, Kagera was open to Lutheran missionary activity. Other Christian denominations including the Roman Catholic church later arrived. Their legacy
459-856: The north through the Semliki River into Lake Albert. The Victoria Nile flows from Lake Victoria into the northern end of Lake Albert and exits as the White Nile from a point slightly to the west, flowing north to the Mediterranean. South of the Virungu, Lake Kivu drains to the south into Lake Tanganyika through the Ruzizi River . Lake Tanganyika then drains into the Congo River via the Lukuga River . It seems likely that
486-597: The northern end of Lake Albert to the southern end of Lake Tanganyika . The geographical term includes the valley and the surrounding mountains. The Albertine Rift and the mountains are the result of tectonic movements that are gradually splitting the Somali Plate away from the rest of the African continent. The mountains surrounding the rift are composed of uplifted Pre-Cambrian basement rocks , overlaid in parts by recent volcanic rocks . The northern part of
513-589: The other coffee-producing areas in the area, with Bukoba Rural having the highest area (14,704 ha, 39%). (Map 3.33). However, Ngara (1.23 ha) had the greatest average amount of land planted with coffee per household, followed by Karagwe(0.32 ha), Biharamulo (0.22 ha), Muleba (0.21 ha), Bukoba Rural (0.21 ha), and Bukoba Urban (0.21 ha) (0.18 ha). The Kagera Region has abundant wildlife, including baboons, giraffe, elands, crocodiles, hippopotamus, warthog. Birdlife includes African fish eagles , hammerkops , marabou stork , cormorants . kingfishers , and herons . Kagera
540-471: The present hydrological system was established quite recently when the Virunga volcanoes erupted and blocked the northward flow of water from Lake Kivu into Lake Edward , causing it instead to discharge southward into Lake Tanganyika. Before that Lake Tanganyika, or separate sub-basins in what is now the lake, may have had no outlet other than evaporation. The Lukuga has formed relatively recently, providing
567-410: The primary source of income for only 3.4% of smallholder households, followed by the sale of livestock (2.5%), cash remittances (2.0%), sales of forest products (0.7%), and sales of animal products (0.6%). Kagera is also one of the largest coffee producers in the country. Muleba (9,968 ha, 26%), Karagwe (8,660 ha, 23%), Ngara (3,600 ha, 10%), Biharamulo (454 ha, 1%), and Bukoba Urban (373 ha, 1%) were
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#1732765096947594-566: The region had a total population of 2,033,888, with an average growth rate of 3.1%. 6.0% of all Tanzanians living on the mainland were found in the region. During colonization the region was a district called West Lake, that was a part of the Lake Province, that included the Geita , Mwanza , Shinyanga , Tabora , Simiyu , and Mara , regions. After independence Lake Province was broken up into regions, with Kagera and part of Geita becoming
621-494: The region was struck by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in which 17 people died, and at least 250 others were injured. Kagera is known for its agriculture, lush landscapes, and wildlife. It has reasonably fertile old soils but climate change has led to soil exhaustion and a need to use fertiliser . One of the top five most populous regions in the nation is the Kagera region. According to the population and housing Census of 2002,
648-734: The rift is crossed by two large mountain ranges, the Rwenzori Mountains between Lake Albert and Lake Rutanzige (formerly Lake Edward) and the Virunga Mountains between Lake Rutanzige and Lake Kivu . The Virungas form a barrier between the Nile Basin to the north and east and the Congo Basin to the west and south. Lake Rutenzige is fed by several large rivers, the Rutshuru River being one, and drains to
675-475: The west, Uganda to the north and Burundi to the south west. The regional capital city is Bukoba . According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 2,989,299, an increase from 2,458,023 recorded in 2012. The region derives its name from the Kagera River . Kagera borders Uganda to the north, Rwanda and Burundi to the west, and the Tanzanian regions Kigoma to the south and Geita to
702-545: The west, with rainfall being higher along Lake Victoria's coasts and decreasing inland and away from the lake as well as with height. The temperature ranges from 20 degrees Celsius to 28 degrees Celsius. The area is made up of a number of hills that run parallel to the lake's edge and north to south. Lying on the Kivu Rift , the western of the two branches of the East African Rift which transverses Tanzania, Kagera experiences significant seismic activity. On 10 September 2016,
729-559: Was diminished when Germans colonised Tanzania in 1885 and supported the Haya , the ethnic group of Bukoba and Muleba Districts over the other districts. However, the local kings held on to power. The demise of these kingdoms came after Tanzania gained its independence and president Nyerere considered them detrimental to national unity. There was a chief called Omukama (the word meant a king or chief) who could be born with that authority. Some prominent chiefs in Kagera include Kyamukuma, who
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