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.Ukara Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island
- Category: landform
- Location: Mara, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-1.83333° or 1° 50′ south
Longitude
33.05° or 33° 3′ east
Population
13,500
Elevation
1,208 metres (3,963 feet)
Open location code
6GCM5382+M2
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Wikidata ID
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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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