Morogoro

Morogoro
Coordinates	6 ° 49 ′ S , 37 ° 40 ′ E Coordinates: 6 ° 49 ′ S , 37 ° 40 ′ E
Basic data
Country	Tanzania
region	Morogoro
ISO 3166-2	TZ-16
Residents	305,840 (2012)
	View from Morogoro to the Uluguru Mountains

Downtown of Morogoro

Morogoro is a city in Tanzania . It is located about 200 kilometers west of Dar es Salaam and is the district capital of the administrative region of the same name, Morogoro . Morogoro is one of the ten largest cities in the country and, according to a census, had 305,840 inhabitants in 2012, and the number is now rapidly increasing.

geography

The Uluguru Mountains rise to the south of the city .

Morogoro is located on the Tanganyika Railway , which connects Dar es Salaam with the interior and cities such as Dodoma , Tabora or Kigoma .

Population development

The following overview shows the number of inhabitants by area since the 1978 census.

year	population
1978 (census)	60,782
1988 (census)	117,760
2002 (census)	209.058
2012 (census)	305,840

Economy and Institutions

The city is a supraregional center for the agricultural processing industry and has a relatively good school and education system. The city is also home to the Sokoine University of Agriculture, which was initially founded as a college in 1965 . There has also been a religiously oriented university since 2004, the Muslim University of Morogoro . The city has several small hospitals. The Aga Khan Hospital Dar-es-Salaam operates a larger and modern branch in Morogoro.

history

Seal mark Imperial Gouvernement of German East Africa - District Office Morogoro

In 1904 Morogoro became the seat of the Morogoro District Office of German East Africa . When the Tanganyika Railway reached Morogoro in 1907 , the place had about 800 inhabitants. Morogoro enjoyed a rapid upswing thanks to the rail link. In 1910 it had twice as many inhabitants and in 1913 about 3000. In 1910 a fruit culture station was founded in Morogoro and the cultivation of fruit trees began with the distribution of seeds and seedlings to the population.

In 1963, the South African African National Congress (ANC) relocated organizational structures ( Provisional Headquarters ) to Morogoro on the basis of a cooperation offer from the then Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere . Since 1965, this place was considered the headquarters of the ANC, which was fully operational from 1966. The Secretary General of the ANC, Alfred Nzo , had his seat in Morogoro. The Central Command ( MK Central Operations HQ ) of his military organization MK was located here until 1976. His two main commands for the western and eastern front resided in Maputo (from 1976) and Lusaka (from 1977).

In 1969, the 1st National Consultative Conference of the ANC took place here, during which a fundamental review and reorientation of its political strategy took place. This included the relationship between its own political and military activities, the reorganization of its underground structure in South Africa and further networking with other national liberation movements in southern Africa .

The Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College of the ANC existed near the city from 1978 to 1992 . This facility was an exile educational institution during the apartheid period in South Africa, also created since 1977 with the support of Julius Nyerere. The teaching staff consisted of an international group. After its closure, sub-areas were integrated into the Sokoine University of Agriculture .

On August 10, 2019, a tanker truck exploded on the outskirts; there were around 85 dead and numerous injured. Passers-by tried to catch leaking petrol.

Others

The local telephone numbers are four-digit. This means that there are fewer than 10,000 telephone connections for 118,000 residents. Cellular phones are much more widespread than landline phones.