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Buchosa District

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Buchosa District has no paved roads. For unpaved roads the district has 22.3 km (13.9 mi) of regional gravel roads, 79.4 km (49.3 mi) of district gravel or dirt roads, and 627.2 km (389.7 mi) of feeder dirt roads. The district has the most unpaved roads in the region of
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Buchosa District's economy is mostly farming and livestock keeping at 80% of the economy being agriculture. Of the 153,510 ha (379,300 acres) of land in the district, 132,019 ha (326,230 acres), which is 83%, is arable. Of that, 62,049 ha (153,330 acres), which is 47% of arable land,
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system classification. There are two wet seasons, and one dry season. The primary wet season is October through December, and the secondary wet seasons is March and April. The dry seasons runs from late June to early September. The average rainfall is 1,414 millimetres (55.7 in) annually, and
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is in the district. The park consists of Rubondo Island, of the Geita Region, and other nearby islands along the southern shore of Lake Victoria. Wildlife on the islands are
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report there were 369,201 people in the district, from 327.767 in 2012. The district is made up of primarily people of the
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The district has no large, medium or small industry. There is fishing in the district with 1,280,503 tons in 2015.
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The district lies on islands and the southern shore of Lake Victoria. To the east is the
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The district consists of two divisions, 22 wards, 82 villages, and 410 hamlets.
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728.9 km (452.9 mi) which in the wet season are unusable.
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that is also in the Mwanza Region. To the south and west is the
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is currently cultivated. Buchosa is the largest producer of
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Buchosa District has a significant portion of the regions
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The district's climate is tropical savanna with the Aw
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average temperature is 22.3 °C (72.1 °F).
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There are also many water birds and 441:Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics 816:from the original on 4 September 2022 714:from the original on 27 December 2021 262: 232: 224: 216:2,945 km (1,137 sq mi) 211: 203: 200:4,480 km (1,730 sq mi) 195: 182: 174: 166: 143: 131: 7: 773:United Nations Development Programme 666:Mwanza Region Socio-Economic Profile 913:from the original on 19 August 2022 488:. Cash crops are maize and cotton. 208:1,535 km (593 sq mi) 21:District in Mwanza Region, Tanzania 621:"Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Buchosa" 14: 945:Tanzania National Parks Authority 846:from the original on 14 June 2022 782:from the original on 17 June 2022 746:from the original on 29 July 2022 672:. 1 December 2016. 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District
Buchosa District and islands seen from the International Space Station.
International Space Station
Buchosa District in Mwanza Region of Tanzania
Mwanza Region
Tanzania
2°26′02″S 32°18′50″E / 2.434°S 32.314°E / -2.434; 32.314
Country
Tanzania
Region
Mwanza Region
District
Time zone
EAT
Area code
District Website
district
Mwanza Region
Tanzania
Lake Victoria
Mwanza
Geita Region
Sengerema District
Geita District
Geita Region
Koppen-Geiger
Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics
Zinza
Jita
Kerewe

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