Shirati

Shirati
Shirati
town
	Shirati Location of Shirati Shirati Shirati (Africa) Shirati Shirati (Earth)
	Coordinates: 1°09′13″S 34°01′49″E / 1.15361°S 34.03028°E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Mara Region
District	Rorya
Time zone	UTC+3 (East Africa Time)
Website	Regional website

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. 100,000^[1] It is the northernmost town at the border with Kenya. Most of the residents of Shirati are Luos and Suba-Luos. Bantu communities from Tanzania also live there. Similarly, Shirati has a substantial number of Westerners who work at the mission at Kabwana – translated into "the white people's home" from Luo.

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.^[2]

Notes

^ Jacob, Mugini (23 September 2011). "Shirati to become a town - Pinda". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Treves, Frederick (1910). Uganda for a holiday. London: Smith, Elder & Company. p. 173. OCLC 33285047.

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[1] Jacob, Mugini (23 September 2011). "Shirati to become a town - Pinda". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] Treves, Frederick (1910). Uganda for a holiday. London: Smith, Elder & Company. p. 173. OCLC 33285047.

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