Kashasha

Kashasha
Kashasha

Location in Tanzania

Coordinates: 1°45′28″S 31°36′57″E / 1.75778°S 31.61583°E / -1.75778; 31.61583
Country  Tanzania
Region Kagera Region
Government
 • Type Democratic
Time zone East Africa Time (UTC+3)

Kashasha is a village on the western coast of Lake Victoria in the Muleba District of the Kagera Region, Tanzania, near the border of Uganda.

The village is known for having been the locus of the Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962.

Coordinates: 01°45′28″S 31°36′57″E / 1.75778°S 31.61583°E / -1.75778; 31.61583


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