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Country
  
District
  
Rorya

Region
  
Mara Region

Local time
  
Saturday 10:18 PM

Shirati

Time zone
  
Weather
  
23°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 73% Humidity

Shirati tanzania


Shirati is a town in North Mara, Tanzania on the shore above Lake Victoria, near the border with Kenya. It has a population of c. 50,000. It is the northernmost town at the border with Kenya. Most of the residents of Shirati are Luos, Subas and other Bantu communities from Tanzania. Similarly, Shirati has a substantial number of Westerners who work at the mission at Kabwana – translated into "the white people's home" from Luo.

Contents

Map of Shirati, Tanzania

History

When Shirati was part of German East Africa, the Germans built a fort there, built a sturdy gravel road down to the shore of Lake Victoria where they put in a stone pier, as well as constructing a number of other official buildings.

References

Shirati Wikipedia