Kirushya
Kirushya is one of 17 wards/divisions of Ngara District, in the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is located near Burundi and Rwanda. The name itself comes from a word for "tedious"; the area is largely a dry hill, and the scarcity of water forced residents to travel long distances for resupply.Kirushya
- Type: Village with 10,700 residents
- Description: administrative area
- Categories: ward of Tanzania and locality
- Location: Ngara District Council, Kagera, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-2.5366° or 2° 32′ 12″ south
Longitude
30.5383° or 30° 32′ 18″ east
Population
10,700
Elevation
1,386 metres (4,547 feet)
Open location code
6G9GFG7Q+98
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swahili—“Kirushya” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kirushya”
- German: “Kirushya”
- Italian: “Kirushya”
- Swahili: “Kirushya”
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