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Kashasha is a ward 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.

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Instance of
human settlement
Country
Tanzania
Located in
Muleba District
Population
10351
Area
27.97
Time zone
UTC+03:00
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Barbro Johansson's House in Kashasha.jpg
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Kashasha is a ward 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.

In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 12,508 people in the ward, from 11,021 in 2012.

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