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Ukerewe Island

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Ukerewe is the largest island in Lake Victoria and the largest inland island in Africa, with an area of approximately 530 km². [1]

28 relations: Albinism, Aniceti Kitereza, Bahá'í Faith in Tanzania, Basimba people, Bugala Island, Butiama, Gabriel Ruhumbika, Gertrude Mongella, Henry Morton Stanley's first trans-Africa exploration, Idjwi, Josephat Torner, Kara language (Tanzania), Kara people (Tanzania), Kerewe language, Kerewe people, Lake island, Lake Uniamési, List of islands by population, List of islands of Africa, List of islands of Tanzania, Mwanza Region, Nansio, Nausinoe reussi, Ukara Island, Ukerewe, Ukerewe District, 2nd parallel south, 33rd meridian east.

Albinism

Albinism in humans is a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes.

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Aniceti Kitereza

Aniceti Kitereza (1896–1981) was a Tanzanian novelist, was born in 1896 to Muchuma and her husband Malindima in Ukerewe, Tanzania.

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Bahá'í Faith in Tanzania

The Bahá'í Faith in Tanzania begins when the first pioneer, Claire Gung, arrived in 1950 in what was then called Tanganyika.

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Basimba people

The people who currently identify themselves as Basimba or BaShimba for many and Musimba or MuShimba for singular are Bantu speaking, Community that exist in Uganda.

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Bugala Island

Bugala Island is the second largest island in Lake Victoria, Uganda, after Ukerewe Island.

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Butiama

Butiama is a town in northern Tanzania and the birthplace of Julius Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania.

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Gabriel Ruhumbika

Gabriel Ruhumbika (born 1938) is a Tanzanian novelist, short story writer, translator and academic.

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Gertrude Mongella

Gertrude Ibengwe Mongella (born September 13, 1945) is a Tanzanian politician who is the first president of the Pan-African Parliament.

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Henry Morton Stanley's first trans-Africa exploration

Between 1874 and 1877 Henry Morton Stanley traveled central Africa East to West, exploring Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and the Lualaba and Congo rivers.

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Idjwi

Idjwi, or Ijwi, is an island in Lake Kivu belonging to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the Sud-Kivu province.

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Josephat Torner

Josephat Torner is a Tanzanian albino activist.

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Kara language (Tanzania)

Kara, or Regi, is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken off Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria.

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Kara people (Tanzania)

The Kara are an ethnic and linguistic group mainly based in the Ukerewe District, in the Tanzanian section of Lake Victoria (Ukara Island, Ukerewe Island, southeastern shore of the lake).

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Kerewe language

Kerewe, or Kerebe, is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken on Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria, the largest inland island in Africa.

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Kerewe people

The Kerewe (locally: Wakerewe) are an ethnic and linguistic group based on Ukerewe Island in the Tanzanian section of Lake Victoria.

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Lake island

A lake island is any landmass within a lake.

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Lake Uniamési

Lake Uniamési or the Uniamesi Sea was the name given by missionaries in the 1840s and 1850s to a huge lake or inland sea they supposed to lie within a region of Central East Africa with the same name.

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List of islands by population

This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population.

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List of islands of Africa

This is a list of islands of Africa.

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List of islands of Tanzania

The following is the list of islands in the territory of Tanzania.

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Mwanza Region

Mwanza Region is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions with a postcode number 33000.

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Nansio

Nansio is a small town and ward on the island of Ukerewe, Lake Victoria, in Tanzania.

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Nausinoe reussi

Nausinoe reussi is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Max Gaede in 1917.

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Ukara Island

Ukara is an island in Lake Victoria.

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Ukerewe

Ukerewe may refer to.

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Ukerewe District

Ukerewe District is one of the seven districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania.

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2nd parallel south

The 2nd parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 2 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane.

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33rd meridian east

The meridian 33° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Turkey, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukerewe_Island

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