Iringa
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Iringa is a city in the middle of Tanzania in East Africa , south of the capital Dodoma . This is also the name of the Iringa region and the two county-like districts of Iringa Urban and Iringa Rural . Iringa is on the A104 main road, which connects the capital Dodoma with the border with Zambia . In addition, the A7 branches off in the south of Iringa towards Dar es Salaam .
The name of the city is derived from the word lilinga from the Hehe language , which means something like " fortress " or " fort " in German. In the 1890s the headquarters and fortress of Chief Mkwawa , who fought as a local against the German colonial power , stood near this town in the village of Kalenga .
Iringa is home to several universities.
In Iringa there is an old German market hall from colonial times; the courthouse also dates from this era. From the Gangilonga ( Kihehe , German: "speaking stone") you can see the city.
Many German volunteers do social services in Iringa. These young Germans are sent out, for example, by the diocese of Münster , the Amani-Kinderdorf e. V. from the Berliner Missionswerk and the Caritas Association for the Diocese of Hildesheim.
Iringa region
The entire region of Iringa had 984,900 inhabitants in 2012, of which 151,345 lived in the city.
Population development
The following overview shows the number of inhabitants by area since the 1978 census.
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1978 (census) | 57.164 |
| 1988 (census) | 84,860 |
| 2002 (census) | 102.208 |
| 2012 (census) | 151.345 |
Attractions
20 km southwest of Iringa, not far from the road to Makambako , lies the archaeological site Isimila in which numerous hand axes from the era of Acheulian were excavated. A small museum shows some of the 260,000 year old finds.
education
2005 was Ruaha University College of Law and Technological Sciences (RUCO) established that the University Group of St. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) belonged. Since 2014 it has been independent as Ruaha Catholic University (RUCU). Iringa is also the seat of Iringa University College, which is part of Tumaini University .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Tanzania: Regions and Cities - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .
Coordinates: 7 ° 46 ′ S , 35 ° 42 ′ E