Kasanga
| Kasanga | |
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 Kasanga
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| Coordinates: 8°27′30″S 31°8′10″E / 8.45833°S 31.13611°ECoordinates: 8°27′30″S 31°8′10″E / 8.45833°S 31.13611°E | |
| Country |
 Tanzania
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| Region | Rukwa Region |
| Time zone | East Africa Time (UTC+3) |
Kasanga, known as Bismarckburg during the German colonial rule, is a town in Rukwa Region, Tanzania. It is located at around 8°27′30″S 31°8′10″E / 8.45833°S 31.13611°E, on the shore of Lake Tanganyika, 810 m above sea level.
A research station (Forschungsstation), the ruins of which are still visible, was founded in 1888 during the German colonial period by the explorer Ludwig Wolf and the German East Africa Company. The settlement was named after Otto von Bismarck. In 1893 Anton Reichenow published Die Vogelfauna Der Umgegend von Bismarckburg (The Birdfauna of the Bismarckburg region) in Berlin, an important source of information about birdlife in the area for this period. The research station's charter was repealed in 1894 during administrative reforms and the German colonial regime set up a first rate education system in the area. According to the 1920 Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon the town was for a long time the seat of the regional military district (the Militärbezirk). On 1 April 1913 it became the seat of the district office (Bezirksamts). The city's small port (now known as Kala) was formerly known as Wissmannhafen (German: Wißmannhafen) after Hermann von Wissmann, the colony's first commissioner and governor; it serviced small steamers on Lake Tanganyika. There were approximately 3900 inhabitants by 1913.
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