Kagera Region (Mkoa wa Kagera in Swahili) is one of Tanzania’s 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of 35,686 km2 (13,778 sq mi). The region is comparable in size to the land area of the Netherlands.[3] Kagera Region is bordered to the east by Lake Victoria, Mwanza Region and Mara Region. The region is bordered to the south by Geita Region and Kigoma Region.
Lastly, Kagera borders Rwanda to the west, Uganda to the north and Burundi to the south west. The regional capital city is Bukoba. According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 2,989,299, an increase from 2,458,023 recorded in 2012.
The region derives its name from the Kagera River.
Kagera borders Uganda to the north, Rwanda and Burundi to the west, and the Tanzanian regions Kigoma to the south and Geita to the east. The Kagera River forms the region’s border with Rwanda. The region lies in the middle of 30°25′ and 32°40′ east, and 1°00′ and 2°45′ south. The total area is 35,686 square kilometres (13,778 sq mi), of which 25,513 square kilometres (9,851 sq mi) is land and 27 percent, and 10,173 square kilometres (3,928 sq mi) is water.
Much of the water is that of the great lake, Victoria, as well as lakes Ikimba, Burigi, Ngono and the Kagera River. Kagera is Tanzania’s fifteenth-largest region and accounts for approximately 3.3 percent of Tanzania’s land area of 885,800 square kilometres (342,000 sq mi). The regional capital Bukoba is about 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) from Dar es Salaam.
With an average annual rainfall of 500 to 2000 mms, the Kagera Region has a bi-modal rainfall pattern from March to May and from October to November. Rainfall varies from 2000 mm per year in Bukoba to 500 mm in the west, with rainfall being higher along Lake Victoria’s coasts and decreasing inland and away from the lake as well as with height.
The temperature ranges from 20 degrees Celsius to 28 degrees Celsius. The area is made up of a number of hills that run parallel to the lake’s edge and north to south.
List of Secondary Schools in Kagera
Private and Government Secondary Schools (O-Level or A-Level Advance) Shule Za Sekondari Best Schools (Bweni-Boarding and Day).
- S0118 – Katoke Seminary
- S0148 – Rubya Seminary
- S0258 – Baramba Girls Secondary School
- S0520 – Buyango Secondary School
- S0559 – Bwabuki Secondary School
- S0871 – Kabale Secondary School
- S0917 – Ihembe Secondary School
- S1030 – Izimbya Secondary School
- S1124 – Kigarama Secondary School
- S1126 – Minziro Secondary School
- S1160 – Muyenzi Secondary School
- S1339 – Adolec Secondary School
- S1457 – Ibanda Secondary School
- S1458 – Kibogora Secondary School
- S1496 – St. Augustine Ngarama Secondary School
- S1580 – Katale Secondary School
- S1583 – Mugoma Secondary School
- S1727 – Karambi Secondary School
- S2001 – Mwemage Secondary School
- S2161 – Kaagya Secondary School
- S2162 – Kyaka Secondary School
- S2163 – Bujugo Secondary School
- S2165 – Kyamulaile Secondary School
- S2208 – Ruhanga Secondary School
- S2238 – Nyamilima Secondary School
- S2239 – Nyabusozi Secondary School
- S2330 – Kagondo Secondary School
- S2423 – Kyerwa Secondary School
- S2524 – Murusagamba Secondary School
- S2525 – Kirushya Secondary School
- S2706 – Katoro Day Secondary School
- S2707 – Kikomelo Secondary School
- S2708 – Karamagi Secondary School
- S2709 – Kabugaro Secondary School
- S2710 – Ruzinga Secondary School
- S2711 – Rwemondo Secondary School
- S3051 – Rugu Secondary School
- S3052 – Nyakasimbi Secondary School
- S3053 – Ruicho Secondary School
- S3055 – Kawela Secondary School
- S3058 – Kimuli Secondary School
- S3061 – Nakake Secondary School
- S3065 – Murongo Secondary School
- S3066 – Bugomora Secondary School
- S3112 – Nyantakara Secondary School
- S3158 – Kanazi Secondary School
- S3159 – Ndomba Secondary School
- S3160 – Mabawe Secondary School
- S3161 – Ntobeye Secondary School
- S3162 – Kibimba Secondary School
- S3163 – Keza Secondary School
- S3164 – Bukiriro Secondary School
- S3165 – Muganza Secondary School
- S3166 – Nyakisasa Secondary School
- S3261 – Kasharunga Secondary School
- S3264 – Ikondo Secondary School
- S3269 – Hamugembe Secondary School
- S3270 – Rwamishenye Secondary School
- S3271 – Ijuganyondo Secondary School
- S3272 – Buhembe Secondary School
- S3290 – Kibirizi Secondary School
- S3291 – Ruhunga Secondary School
- S3292 – Busilikya Secondary School
- S3293 – Bwanjai Secondary School
- S3294 – Kikukwe Secondary School
- S3295 – Kashenye Secondary School
- S3296 – Kakunyu Secondary School
- S3297 – Nkenge Secondary School
- S3298 – Bugandika Secondary School
- S3299 – Gera Secondary School
- S3301 – Nyamigogo Secondary School
- S3302 – Kalenge Day Secondary School
- S3504 – Lugoye Secondary School
- S3589 – Rulongo Secondary School
- S3591 – Rusumo Secondary School
- S3680 – Chabalisa Secondary School
- S3789 – Mchungaji Mwema Secondary School
- S3801 – Ruziba Secondary School
- S3872 – Bulyakashaju Secondary School
- S3947 – Gwanseli Secondary School
- S3994 – Kaibanja Secondary School
- S3995 – Butulage Secondary School
- S4020 – Rubondo Secondary School
- S4085 – Bumbire Secondary School
- S4277 – Bizimya Secondary School
- S4278 – Bisibo Secondary School
- S4301 – Nyakibimbili Secondary School
- S4302 – Rwagati Secondary School
- S4303 – Nemba Secondary School
- S4326 – Rutunga Secondary School
- S4327 – Kibeta Secondary School
- S4328 – Nyanga Secondary School
- S4329 – Nshambya Secondary School
- S4331 – Rwazi Secondary School
- S4361 – Katahoka Secondary School
- S4362 – Karabagaine Secondary School
- S4366 – Nyamiyaga Secondary School
- S4489 – Nyabisindu Secondary School
- S4534 – Mubaba Secondary School
- S4583 – Muruvyagira Secondary School
- S4642 – Nyamahanga Secondary School
- S4752 – Chanyangabwa Secondary School
- S4753 – Kitwechenkura Secondary School
- S4757 – Rukuraijo Secondary School
- S4764 – Kabwoba Secondary School
- S4769 – St. Cecilia Secondary School
- S4834 – Mutukula Secondary School
- S4945 – Bujunangoma Secondary School
- S5180 – Jaffery Bukoba Secondary
- S0218 – Rugambwa Secondary School
- S0232 – Hekima Secondary School
- S0296 – Bweranyange Girls Secondary School
- S0304 – Bukoba Secondary School
- S0339 – Omumwani Secondary School
- S0360 – Kishoju Secondary School
- S0387 – Karagwe Secondary School
- S0397 – Rulenge Secondary School
- S0405 – Biharamulo Secondary School
- S0406 – Kashozi Secondary School
- S0407 – Mugeza Secondary School
- S0455 – Tweyambe Secondary School
- S0473 – Kanyigo Secondary School
- S0482 – Iluhya Secondary School
- S0488 – Rutabo Secondary School
- S0550 – Bugene Secondary School
- S0586 – Kaisho Secondary School
- S0611 – Kabanga Secondary School
- S0612 – Kagango Secondary School
- S0624 – Rubale Secondary School
- S0637 – Nyabiyonza Secondary School
- S0638 – Bunazi Secondary School
- S0654 – Rwambaizi Secondary School
- S0656 – Lyamahoro Secondary School
- S0657 – Nyanshenye Secondary School
- S0667 – Nyaishozi Secondary School
- S0676 – Mabira Secondary School
- S0704 – Nshamba Secondary School
- S0753 – Biirabo Secondary School
- S0764 – Izigo Secondary School
- S0779 – Rukindo Secondary School
- S0838 – Kanyigo Muslim Seminary
- S0841 – Humura Secondary School
- S0880 – Kaigara Secondary School
- S1031 – Maruku Secondary School
- S1208 – Kishogo Secondary School
- S1281 – Ngara Secondary School
- S1290 – Mubuka Secondary School
- S1349 – Nyakahura Secondary School
- S1382 – Lake View Secondary School
- S1394 – Katoro Islamic Seminary
- S1438 – Kagoma Secondary School
- S1480 – Kajunguti Secondary School
- S1482 – Kagemu Secondary School
- S1504 – Katoma Secondary School
- S1546 – Nyakatanga Secondary School
- S1569 – Kanyeranyere Secondary School
- S1689 – Peace Secondary School
- S1724 – Tunamkumbuka Secondary School
- S1833 – Kituntu Secondary School
- S1870 – Ndagara Secondary School
- S1871 – Bernard Secondary School
- S1961 – Ijumbi Secondary School
- S1962 – Ibuga Secondary School
- S1963 – Kishanda Secondary School
- S2016 – Kemondo Secondary School
- S2119 – Harvest Mission Secondary School
- S2164 – Kilimlile Secondary School
- S2230 – Ndama Secondary School
- S2231 – Chakaruru Secondary School
- S2232 – Nyakahanga Secondary School
- S2233 – Kayanga Secondary School
- S2234 – Ruhinda Secondary School
- S2235 – Nkwenda Secondary School
- S2236 – Ntare Secondary School
- S2237 – Kihanga Secondary School
- S2523 – Shunga Secondary School
- S3054 – Nono Secondary School
- S3056 – Kiruruma Secondary School
- S3057 – Mukire Secondary School
- S3059 – Igurwa Secondary School
- S3060 – Kamuli Secondary School
- S3062 – Businde Secondary School
- S3063 – Isingiro Secondary School
- S3064 – Nyabishenge Secondary School
- S3109 – Kalema Secondary School
- S3239 – Muleba Secondary School
- S3262 – Burungura Secondary School
- S3263 – Kibanga Secondary School
- S3265 – Mayondwe Secondary School
- S3266 – Ngenge Secondary School
- S3267 – Kabirizi Secondary School
- S3273 – Bilele Secondary School
- S3274 – Kashai Secondary School
- S3275 – Rumuli Secondary School
- S3300 – Runazi Secondary School
- S3491 – Bukoba Lutheran Secondary School
- S3616 – Nsunga Secondary School
- S3711 – Kimwani Secondary School
- S3945 – Bukara Secondary School
- S3996 – Bureza Secondary School
- S4084 – Nyailigamba Secondary School
- S4142 – St. Sosthenes Secondary School
- S4165 – Kihumulo Secondary School
- S4294 – Katoke-Lweru Secondary School
- S4319 – Lusahunga Secondary School
- S4330 – Bakoba Secondary School
- S4363 – Rhec Secondary School
- S4409 – Bunyagongo Secondary School
- S4515 – St Achilleus Kiwanuka Kijwire Secondary School
- S4547 – Murugwanza Secondary School
- S4567 – Sacred Heart Secondary School
- S4609 – Kamachumu Secondary School
- S4631 – Kaizirege Secondary School
- S4643 – Gabulanga Secondary School
- S4716 – Itongo Secondary School
- S4771 – Apex Secondary School
- S4796 – St. Clare Biharamulo Girls Secondary School
- S4908 – Kwauso Secondary School