Mbulu
Coordinates: 3 ° 51 ′ S , 35 ° 33 ′ E
Mbulu ( Iraqw Imboru ) is the capital of the district of the same name in the Manyara region in Tanzania . It is the seat of the Mbulu diocese .
The Iraqw ethnic group living in the region , for whose area Mbulu is the administrative and economic center, is also called Mbulu or Wambulu in Swahili . In the German colonial era , however, this term was used by some researchers for the Datooga who lived nearby at the beginning of colonization.
During the German colonial era, there was a branch of the Aruscha district administration in the place called "Umbulu". The White Fathers set up a station called "Neu-Trier" near the village .
Remarks
- ↑ See Art. Iraku in the Colonial Lexicon
- ↑ See Colonial Lexicon, Art. Aruscha
swell
- Maarten Mous: A grammar of Iraqw , Kuschitische Sprachstudien 9, Buske Verlag 1993, ISBN 978-3-87548-057-3 (p. 1)