Kashasha

Kashasha
Kashasha Location in Tanzania
Coordinates: 1°45′28″S 31°36′57″E / 1.75778°S 31.61583°E / -1.75778; 31.61583
Country	Tanzania
Region	Kagera Region
Time zone	East Africa Time (UTC+3)

Kashasha is a village 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.

Coordinates: 01°45′28″S 31°36′57″E / 1.75778°S 31.61583°E / -1.75778; 31.61583

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