Kirushya
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Kirushya
Kata ya Kirushya | |
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  Kirushya Location of Kirushya | |
| Coordinates: 2°27′02″S 30°32′34″E / 2.450428°S 30.542775°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Kagera Region |
| District | Ngara District |
| Ward | Kirushya |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 12,062 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
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. Such a journey is tedious, hence the name. In the 2017 government plans, 41% of Kirushya's population had clean water.[1]
In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 12,062 people in the ward, from 10,628 in 2012.[2][3]
