Populated places on Lake Victoria

Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,797,722 (2024 census) and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa, and Rubaga.

Mwanza City, also known as Rock City to the residents, is a port city and capital of Mwanza Region on the southern shore of Lake Victoria in north-western Tanzania. With an urban population of 1,104,521 and a population of 3,699,872 in the region (2022 census), it is Tanzania's second largest city, after Dar es Salaam. It is also the second largest city in the Lake Victoria basin after Kampala, Uganda and ahead of Kisumu, Kenya at least in population size. Within the East African community, Mwanza city is the fifth largest city after Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kampala. It is slightly

Kisumu ( ) is the fifth-largest city in Kenya located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province. It is the third-largest city in the Lake Victoria Basin after Kampala, and Mwanza. The city has a population of 438,588 according to the recent 2026 population estimates. The metro region, including Maseno and Ahero, had a population of 6,771 (Maseno) and 11,801 (Ahero) people respectively, totaling to a combined population of 457,160 people, according to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census which was conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.

alt=Entebbe Street |thumb|Entebbe Street alt=Sign post of European Cemetery in Entebbe, Uganda|left|thumb|Sign post of European Cemetery in Entebbe, Uganda Entebbe is a city in Central Uganda which is located on Lake Victoria peninsula, approximately southwest of the Ugandan capital city, Kampala. Entebbe was once the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda prior to independence, in 1962. The city is the location of Entebbe International Airport, Uganda's largest commercial and military airport, which gained worldwide attention in a 1976 Israeli rescue of 100 hostages kidnapped by t

City in Jinja District, Eastern Region, Uganda

Bukoba is a town with a population of 144,938 (2022 census), situated in the northwest of Tanzania on the south-western shores of Lake Victoria. It is the capital of the Kagera region, and the administrative seat for Bukoba Urban District.

thumb|Mkendo Road, the main street through Musoma Musoma is a town in the east shore of Lake Victoria of Tanzania. It is the capital of Mara Region, one of the administrative Regions of Tanzania. It also serves as the administrative centre of Musoma Rural District and Musoma Urban District.

municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda

city in Kenya

neighbourhood of Kampala, Uganda

Kenyan town

thumb|Transportation near the shores of lake Victoria in Mayuge district thumb|Common infrastructure in Mayuge district near the shores of Lake Victoria Mayuge is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the location of the headquarters of Mayuge District.

alt=Kajjansi Airfield sign.|thumb|Kajjansi Airfield sign. alt=Kampala- Entebbe Express high way approaching Kajjansi from Lweza|thumb|Kampala- Entebbe Express high way approaching Kajjansi from Lweza Kajjansi is a town in Central Uganda. It is one of the urban centers in Wakiso District.

place in Central

human settlement

Ishozi is a small town in the Kagera Region, in northwestern Tanzania, not far from the shores of Lake Victoria.