Ukara Island
Ukara Island is a freshwater island located in Lake Victoria. The island is administratively part of Ukerewe District in Mwanza Region, Tanzania. The island is located 10 kilometres north of Ukerewe Island and it is also was historically known as Bukara.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Island
- …has 13,500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 1,208 metres (3,963 feet)
Ukara Island
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
-1.83333° or 1° 50′ south
Longitude
33.05° or 33° 3′ east
Open location code
6GCM5382+M2
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Ukara Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة أوكارا”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Укара”
- Belarusian: “Укара”
- Bulgarian: “Укара”
- Catalan: “Ukara”
- Cebuano: “Ukara Island”
- Chinese: “乌卡拉岛”
- Chinese: “烏卡拉島”
- Dutch: “Ukara Island”
- French: “Ukara”
- German: “Ukara”
- Greek: “Νήσος Ουκάρα”
- Japanese: “ウカラ島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ukara”
- Spanish: “Isla Ukara”
- Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Ukara”
- Zulu: “Ukara Island”
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