Chato, Tanzania
Chato[2] is a town in Geita Region of northwestern Tanzania, and a port on the southern end of Lake Victoria.[3] It is the administrative centre for Chato District.[4]
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| Coordinates: 02°38′16″S 031°46′01″E / 2.63778°S 31.76694°ECoordinates: 02°38′16″S 031°46′01″E / 2.63778°S 31.76694°E | |
| Country | Tanzania |
| Region | Geita |
| District | Chato |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 27,776 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (GMT) |
| UFI | -2561820 |
| Climate | Aw |
| Website | Regional website |
History
Chato was originally within the Biharamulo District of the Kagera Region. In 2005 Chato District, with the town of Chato, became a separate district. In 2012, Chato District, was made part of the Geita Region.[4][5]
Former President John Magufuli (2015-2021) was born in Chato on 29 October 1959,[6] and was buried there in March 2021.[7]
Economy
Fishing and fish processing are the major economic activities in Chato,[8] formerly followed by the ginning of cotton which ceased in 1998.[5] The Tanzanian government had plans to expand the port, and undertook to build a Chato airport[5] and a new rail line to connect Chato with the country's standard gauge railway system.[9][10] However, Chato is not a major Tanzanian port on the lake, and the ports of Mwanza South, Kemondo Bay and Musoma already have rail links.[11]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Chato". Hudson Institute of Mineralogy.
- ^ Chato (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Regional Commissioner's Office (2003). Socio-economic Profile: Kilimanjaro Region. Socio-economic profiles for the various regions, volume 7 (Second ed.). Dar es Salaam: National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania). p. 241.
- ^ a b Staff (9 March 2012). . Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012.
- ^ a b c Ndesanjo, Ronald (1 July 2019). "Chato: The land of cotton, fish, tarmacs, and national parks". Udadisi.
- ^ "Tanzania's president expresses doubts about COVID vaccines". AP NEWS. 27 January 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ Suluhu, Samia (26 March 2021). "Tanzania president burial: John Pombe Magafuli burial fotos of how Tanzania bury dia former president for im hometown of Chato" (in Nigerian Pidgin). BBC News. from the original on 23 April 2021.
- ^ Shida, Yohana (26 March 2021). "Scarcity of fish hits mourning Chato". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Tanzania Standard Newspapers Ltd. from the original on 23 April 2021.
- ^ Mu Xuequan, ed. (13 July 2019). . Xinhua. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020.
- ^ Ndalu, Dorothy (11 January 2021). "Magufuli secures $1.32b China support for Tanzania SGR". The East African. from the original on 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Table 3.24: Summary of Lake Ports of Tanzania" (PDF). Comprehensive Transport and Trade System Development Master Plan in the United Republic of Tanzania, Volume 2 Chapter 3. Ministry of Transport, The United Republic of Tanzania. March 2014. p. 3-44. (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2021.