Lukuledi (city)
Lukuledi is a city in the region Mtwara in Tanzania . It is the main town in the ward of the same name . Lukuledi has 5,898 inhabitants, of which 51.6% are men (2002). Lukuledi is about 330 m above sea level. NN on the south bank of the river of the same name .
history
On February 2, 1895, a mission station of the Benedictine order was opened in Lukuledi . As early as 1898, the mission had to be abandoned due to lack of water and relocated to Nyangao . The mission was destroyed and rebuilt several times in its history (e.g. during the Maji Maji uprising ), but it still exists today.
On October 18, 1917, in the course of the First World War , a battle broke out in Lukuledi between the German protection force and a British unit from the Gold Coast , which ended with the British withdrawing.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Census 2002 ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Commemorative pamphlet on the 100th anniversary of Sister Walburga Diepolder OSB's death ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 354 kB)
- ↑ Biography of Sister Bernardine Hefele, OSB on the homepage of the Mission Benedictines Tutzing ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.2 MB)
- ^ Homepage of tanzania-network.de eV
- ↑ S Bourquin: Hey Safari! in: Military History Journal 7 (1) / June 1986, ISSN 0026-4016 online
Coordinates: 10 ° 34 ′ S , 38 ° 48 ′ E