Kashasha
Kashasha is a ward on the western coast of Lake Victoria in the Muleba District of the Kagera Region, Tanzania, near the border of Uganda. The village is known for having been the locus of the Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962.
- Locality with 10,400 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 1,532 metres (5,026 feet)
- Description: village in Tanzania
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rubya.
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Kashasha
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Latitude
-1.75778° or 1° 45′ 28″ south
Longitude
31.61583° or 31° 36′ 57″ east
Open location code
6GCH6JR8+V8
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Kashasha” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kashasha”
- French: “Kashasha”
- German: “Kashasha (Tansania)”
- German: “Kashasha”
- Italian: “Kashasha”
- Japanese: “カシャシャ”
- Spanish: “Kashasha”
- Swahili: “Kashasha”
- Swedish: “Kashasha”
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