Kahama, Tanzania


Kahama is a town in north-western Tanzania. The town serves as the headquarters of Kahama Urban District.

Geography

Kahama is located in the Kahama District of the Shinyanga Region, approximately, by road, south-west of Shinyanga where the regional headquarters are located. The town is approximately, by road, north-west of Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania.

Population

As of January 2006, the population of Kahama was estimated at 36,000.

Places of interest

The following nine placed of interest are in or near the town:
  1. Headquarters of Kahama District Administration
  2. Offices of Kahama Town Council
  3. Kahama Central Market
  4. Buzwagi Gold Mine
  5. Kahama Mining Corporation Limited - an underground gold mine operated by Barrick Gold, a Canadian mining company
  6. Kahama General Hospital
  7. Kahama Airstrip
  8. Dodoma-Bukoba highway
  9. Northern Kahama Game Reserve - about, by road, north of Kahama