Ngara

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Ngara is one of the six districts of the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Karagwe District, to the east by the Biharamulo District, to the south by the Kigoma Region, to the northeast by the Muleba District and to the west by Rwanda and Burundi.

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Ngara District was 334,939.^[1]

[edit] Wards

Ngara District is administratively divided into 17 wards:

Bukiriro
Bugarama
Kabanga
Kanazi
Kibimba
Kirushya
Keza
Mabawe
Muganza
Mugoma
Murusagamba
Ngara Mjini
Ntobeye
Nyakisasa
Nyamiyaga
Rulenge
Rusumo

Ngara District received several hundred thousand refugees from Burundi beginning in 1993, and Rwanda in 1994. A number of refugee camps were established to accommodate the refugees. The largest camp was Benaco, which was opened to accommodate over 200,000 refugees from Rwanda in 1994. Benaco was closed in late 1996, however, smaller numbers of refugees have remained in the district since that time. Lukole camp for Burundians is the best known of these camps.