Karagwe
Karagwe - the land
Tanzania is part of East Africa. The Karagwe Diocese (KAD) is located in the north-western part of Tanzania, bordered by Uganda in the North, Rwanda in the West and Lake Victoria in the East.
Bweranyange jambas (Photo: Youth Group from Luebbecke) Karagwe’s landscape is characterized by mountains, ranging from 900 to 1800 meters above sea level, and valleys. There are two rainy seasons from September to December and from March to May. The climate is tropical with an annual average temperature of 26 degrees Celsius.
The land of bananaThe vegetation ranges from a thick equatorial type of forest in the northern part to predominantly Savannah bushes in southern Ngara District. All over Karagwe, the landscape is dominated by grasslands and banana plantations. So Karagwe is called ‘the land of banana’ in the rest of Tanzania.
