Shirati is a town in Rorya District in North Mara, Tanzania on the shore above Lake Victoria, near the border with Kenya.

It has a population of c. 100,000[1] It is the northernmost town at the border with Kenya at is located in Royra District.

Suba people, a subbranch of Bantu communities who adopted Luo customs, language, and practices also live in Shirati.

Similarly, Shirati has a substantial number of Westerners who work at the mission at Kabwana – translated into "the white people's home" from Luo.

When Shirati was part of German East Africa, the Germans built a fort there, built a sturdy gravel road down to the shore of Lake Victoria where they put in a stone pier, as well as constructing a number of other official buildings.