Moshi (city)
Coordinates: 3 ° 21 ′ S , 37 ° 21 ′ E
Moshi ( Swahili ; German outdated Moschi ) is a city in northeastern Tanzania on the southern slope of Kilimanjaro and not far from the border with Kenya . It is the capital of the Kilimanjaro region and the Moshi district . In 2012, the city had about 184,000 inhabitants according to the census. In 2019, Moschi was named the cleanest city in Tanzania for the 7th time.
Moshi is the capital of the Kilimanjaro administrative region .
population
Many people in Moshi and the surrounding area belong to the Jagga people . Moshi is a university town and has a well-equipped hospital with multiple departments on the outskirts of the city.
| year | population |
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| 1978 (census) | 52,046 |
| 1988 (census) | 96,838 |
| 2002 (census) | 143,799 |
| 2012 (census) | 184.292 |
history
Moshi was the seat of the Boma , the Jagga chief Mandara , also called Rindi in old age, who gained power and influence from 1860 through the control of the caravan route south of Kilimanjaro. When the Germans expanded their influence from the East African coast inland in the 1880s , Mandara pulled them to his side to play them off against the other jagga rulers. The station building of the German-East African Society , located near Moschi, became the first German location on Kilimanjaro at the end of the 1880s. Moschi itself was "a complex of cone huts" in 1889.
At the end of the 19th century, under the protection of the German troops, Catholic and Lutheran missionaries came to the area around Moschi (Catholic missionaries on the eastern slope, Lutheran missionaries on the western slope of Kilimanjaro), which also had a long-term effect that led to the level the educational system in the city is higher than that in the country. With the missionaries, arabica coffee came to the area, which was of great importance for the regional economy.
In February 1891, Hermann von Wissmann broke the main resistance against German rule in the Kilimanjaro area by storming the Boma Kiboscho (Kibosho) near Moschi by chief Sinna by German colonial troops - and also by warriors from Moshi von Mandara.
Mandara's son, Meli , turned after the death of his father in 1891 against the arbitrary rule of Carl Peters , who was appointed "Reich Commissioner for the Kilimanjaro Area" in the same year, and expelled the Germans from Moschi. In 1892 Meli succeeded in repelling an attack by German colonial troops on his boma in Moschi, but in 1893 he succumbed to their superiority. Moschi became the administrative seat of a district office of the German colonial administration.
With the construction of the Usambara Railway , which reached Moschi in 1911 - Moshi had about 800 inhabitants at that time - the place gradually shifted about 6 km downhill to the "new" Moschi ( Neu Moschi ), where the train station was built, while the historical center as Old Moshi today lies on the northern outskirts.
During the First World War , the German troops on the northern border of German East Africa were gathered in Neu Moschi at the beginning of November 1914 and transferred to Tanga via the railway line , where they pushed the British troops who had landed there back into the sea.
In March 1979 the Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) was founded in Moshi by Ugandan exiles. It was a political group that opposed Idi Amin's reign of terror with the aim of ending it. The meeting was known as the Moshi Conference.
economy
Coffee , yams and bananas are among the most frequently cultivated crops, the latter two being mainly for subsistence farming , while the coffee is exported. Due to the proximity to Kilimanjaro , tourism in Moshi is significant, although not as strong as in Arusha , about an hour's drive away , where most safari tours to the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater begin. Moshi and Arusha are served by Kilimanjaro International Airport.
Numerous companies are located in Moshi that offer personnel and equipment for the year-round ascent of Kilimanjaro. Since 2002 the Kilimanjaro Marathon has further strengthened tourism in Moshi.
Transport links
Moshi is located on the paved road from Dar es Salaam to Arusha , the other major city in the northeast of the country. Arusha is approx. 80 km and Holili (border town to Kenya) approx. 40 km away. Moshi has a terminus, which forms the end point of the Usambara Railway . The rail lines from Moshi to Tanga , Dar es Salaam and Arusha as well as to Voi and Mombasa in Kenya are closed for passenger traffic. The station has extensive track systems and workshops. About 30 km away, in the direction of Arusha, is one of Tanzania's two major international airports : Kilimanjaro International Airport .
education
There are two Tumaini University locations and the Moshi International School in Moshi . 2005 was Mwenge University College of Education (MWUCE) established that the University Group of St. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) belongs.
climate
The city of Moshi has a relatively stable climate, which is mainly determined by the presence of Kilimanjaro . This, as well as the height of the city, keeps the temperature lower than in the surrounding cities. While night temperatures are relatively constant throughout the year, averaging around 17 degrees Celsius, Moshi has remarkably high daytime temperatures during December through March.
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Climate data from Moshi
Source: Weatherbase
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Twin cities
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Tübingen ( Germany ) is a twin town of Moshi. The Moshi Rural District's partner is Kiel .
Personalities
- Erasto B. Mpemba (* 1950), rediscoverer of the Mpemba effect
- Ortrud Schaale (1914–1986), German teacher in the Azores
- Werner Schuster (1939–2001), German doctor, medical computer scientist and politician
- Julia Weber (* 1983), Swiss writer
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mission EineWelt - Center for Partnership, Development and Mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, Section Africa: Tanzania Information . on www.tansania-information.de (PDF)
- ^ Tanzania: Regions and Cities - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .
- ^ Hans Meyer : To the summit of Kilimanjaro , VEB FA Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig 1989, ISBN 3-325-00207-2 , pages 69, 70
- ^ Hans Meyer : To the summit of Kilimanjaro , VEB FA Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig 1989, ISBN 3-325-00207-2 , pages 19-20
- ↑ http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=9736&refer=&units=metric&cityname=Moshi-Tanzania
- ^ Website of the city of Tübingen
- ↑ Kiel international , accessed on April 7, 2017.