Kigoma is a city and lake port in Kigoma-Ujiji District in Tanzania, on the northeastern shores of Lake Tanganyika and close to the border with Burundi and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. It serves as the capital for the surrounding Kigoma Region and has a population of 232,388 (2022 census). The city is situated at an elevation of 775 metres (2,543 ft).
The historic trading town of Ujiji is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south-east of Kigoma.
Kigoma is one of the busiest ports on northeastern Lake Tanganyika since historically it was the only one that had a functioning railway connection (the one at Kalemie in The Democratic Republic of the Congo is not operational at the moment[when?]), a direct link to the ocean port at Dar es Salaam.
Kigoma Port in the Kigoma Bay has a wharf of two hundred metres (660 ft) and several cranes and is equipped to handle shipping containers. However, the bay is suffering from silting up as a result of soil erosion from surrounding hills, and the water depths at wharfside has diminished from 6 metres (20 ft) to 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in).
This may threaten the economic growth of the port. In May 2007 the Tanzanian Government announced a plan to create an economic zone at the port to stimulate trade and to ensure stable economic growth of the Port for the government in Power in 2015 and 2020.
The MV Liemba sails every week from Kigoma to Mpulungu in Zambia at the southern tip of Lake Tanganyika, stopping at a number of other lakeside towns in Tanzania on the way. The MV Mwongozo sails from Kigoma to Baraka, Uvira and Bujumbura at the northern tip of the lake, although it is not working currently. There are other ships from Congo and Burundi that sail to Kigoma Port every week.
Current road connections to and from Kigoma are improving. However, travellers should be advised to take extra precautions when travelling. A gravel road links the town northeast to the national road network, and earth tracks link north to Burundi and southeast to Sumbawanga.
The Central Line of the Tanzania Railways Corporation runs from Kigoma to the Port of Dar es Salaam on to the Indian Ocean coast via Tabora and Dodoma. It was completed in 1915 when Kigoma was part of German East Africa.
List of Secondary Schools in Kigoma
Private and Government Secondary Schools (O-Level or A-Level Advance) Shule Za Sekondari Best Schools (Bweni-Boarding and Day).
Kigoma Schools
- S0196 – St. Thomas More Kibogora Secondary School
- S0828 – Mubondo Secondary School
- S0894 – Matyazo Secondary School
- S0914 – Muyama Secondary School
- S1270 – Nyarubanda Secondary School
- S1315 – Lake Tanganyika Secondary School
- S1357 – Ahlulbayt Islamic Seminary
- S1405 – Kasanda Secondary School
- S1607 – Kumgogo Secondary School
- S1620 – Murufiti Secondary School
- S1635 – Gwanumpu Secondary School
- S1660 – Mkoza Secondary School
- S1700 – Mkuti Secondary School
- S1740 – Bishop Mpango Secondary School
- S1809 – Buha Secondary School
- S1811 – Kimwanya Secondary School
- S2158 – Nyakimue Secondary School
- S2316 – Buhingu Secondary School
- S2495 – Munzeze Secondary School
- S3600 – Bugamba Secondary School
- S3658 – Mount Samba Secondary School
- S3673 – Kagongo Secondary School
- S3689 – Kashoza Secondary School
- S3700 – Kasingirima Secondary School
- S3723 – Yanza Secondary School
- S3766 – Mugunzu Secondary School
- S3768 – Zashe Secondary School
- S3813 – Bwafumba Secondary School
- S3818 – Busami Secondary School
- S3850 – Shuhudia Secondary School
- S3876 – Rusesa Secondary School
- S3894 – Muramba Secondary School
- S3901 – Kurunyemi Secondary School
- S3902 – Misezero Secondary School
- S3917 – Zeze Secondary School
- S3940 – Sunuka Secondary School
- S3941 – Lugufu Girls Secondary School
- S3942 – Nyamagoma Secondary School
- S3943 – Mganza Secondary School
- S3944 – Kitongoni Secondary School
- S3963 – Nyamtukuza Secondary School
- S3984 – Wakulima Secondary School
- S3985 – Bushabani Secondary School
- S3986 – Kasimbu Secondary School
- S3987 – Gungu Secondary School
- S3988 – Kirugu Secondary School
- S3989 – Masanga Secondary School
- S3991 – Ntamya Secondary School
- S3992 – Kigodya Secondary School
- S4124 – Titye Secondary School
- S4171 – Mkigo Secondary School
- S4185 – Rungwe Mpya Secondary School
- S4225 – Itaba Secondary School
- S4265 – Rubuga Secondary School
- S4266 – Buteko Secondary School
- S4306 – Herembe Secondary School
- S4307 – Lagosa Secondary School
- S4308 – Mkabogo Secondary School
- S4332 – Kalya Secondary School
- S4415 – Rugenge Secondary School
- S4455 – Rusaba Secondary School
- S4463 – Lake Sagara Secondary School
- S4492 – Nicodemus Secondary School
- S4550 – Mkatanga Secondary School
- S4578 – Kibwigwa Secondary School
- S4579 – Murungu Secondary School
- S4662 – Kaseke Secondary School
- S4711 – Kidahwe Secondary School
- S5078 – Bigabiro Secondary School
- S0159 – St. Joseph’s Iterambogo Seminary
- S0191 – St. Mathias Mulumba Secondary School
- S0247 – Boniconsili Mabamba Girls Secondary School
- S0294 – Mt.Carmel Secondary School
- S0385 – Ujiji Secondary School
- S0560 – Kasulu Secondary School
- S0585 – Munanila Secondary School
- S0588 – Chumvi Wazazi Secondary School
- S0616 – Mwandiga Secondary School
- S0769 – Malagarasi Secondary School
- S0912 – Bogwe Secondary School
- S0967 – Mlole Secondary School
- S0975 – Nguruka Secondary School
- S1094 – Jihad Secondary School
- S1136 – Kasangezi Secondary School
- S1221 – Muhange Secondary School
- S1244 – Moyowosi Secondary School
- S1336 – Bitale Secondary School
- S1351 – Buronge Secondary School
- S1374 – Kichangachui Secondary School
- S1407 – Arch Bishop Kahurananga Secondary School
- S1489 – Katubuka Secondary School
- S1500 – Nyakitonto Secondary School
- S1501 – Makere Secondary School
- S1525 – Kasange Secondary School
- S1530 – St. Rufino And Ronaldo Agr. Sec. School
- S1571 – Buseko Hill Secondary School
- S1598 – Kakonko Secondary School
- S1611 – Kalenge Secondary School
- S1653 – Rubanga Secondary School
- S1675 – Busagara Secondary School
- S1759 – Ilagala Secondary School
- S1765 – Murubona Muslim Secondary School
- S1786 – Luiche Secondary School
- S1810 – Muharuro Secondary School
- S1813 – Rusimbi Secondary School
- S1875 – Ishimwe Secondary School
- S2030 – Buyenzi Secondary School
- S2156 – Kabagwe Secondary School
- S2157 – Muhinda Secondary School
- S2181 – Science Town Secondary School
- S2211 – Mwilamvya Secondary School
- S2347 – Mwasenga Secondary School
- S2538 – Mwananchi Secondary School
- S3387 – Mkongoro Secondary School
- S3461 – Mgawa Secondary School
- S3480 – Mazungwe Secondary School
- S3490 – St. Bakanja Secondary School
- S3510 – Ruchugi Secondary School
- S3520 – Nkundutsi Secondary School
- S3599 – Kalinzi Secondary School
- S3640 – Mount Chanza Secondary School
- S3656 – Kitwe Secondary School
- S3692 – Kinkati Secondary School
- S3750 – Kinyaka Secondary School
- S3802 – Muka Secondary School
- S3819 – Kanyamahela Secondary School
- S3837 – Nyansha Secondary School
- S3851 – Janda Secondary School
- S3869 – Mugombe Secondary School
- S3918 – Biturana Secondary School
- S4113 – Kakangaga Muslim Secondary School
- S4138 – Kihenya Secondary School
- S4148 – Kahunga Secondary School
- S4177 – Hwazi Secondary School
- S4218 – Rev.A.Bungwa Secondary School
- S4309 – Mungonya Secondary School
- S4320 – Kanyonza Secondary School
- S4423 – St. Francis Xavier Secondary School
- S4485 – Migezi Secondary School
- S4516 – St. James Kigoma Secondary School
- S4558 – Buhanda Secondary School
- S4591 – Kimwa Girls Islamic Seminary
- S4673 – Western Tanganyika Secondary School
- S4810 – Magaba Secondary School
- S4818 – Gwegenyeza Secondary School
- S4883 – Njelekela Islamic Seminary