Moshi, Kilimanjaro
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Moshi panorama with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background
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.gif) Districts of the Kilimanjaro Region, including the Moshi Urban District but excluding the Siha District |
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 Moshi
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| Coordinates: 3°20′05.58″S 37°20′25.37″E / 3.3348833°S 37.3403806°ECoordinates: 3°20′05.58″S 37°20′25.37″E / 3.3348833°S 37.3403806°E | |
| Country | Tanzania |
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| Government | |
| • Moshi Municipal Director | Bernadette Kinabo |
| • Moshi Municipal Mayor | Raymond Mboya |
| Area | |
| • Total | 59 km2 (23 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 950 m (3,120 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 184,292 |
| • Density | 3,124/km2 (8,090/sq mi) |
| Time zone | East Africa Time (UTC+03) |
| Area code(s) | +255 |
| Website | Moshi Municipal Council |
Moshi is a Tanzanian municipality with a population of 184,292 according to the 2012 census. The municipality is in the Kilimanjaro Region and is situated on the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano that is the highest mountain in Africa. The municipality covers about 59 square kilometres (23 sq mi) and is the smallest municipality in Tanzania by area.
Many people from the Chagga and Pare ethnic groups live in Moshi, which lies on the east-west A23 Arusha–Himo road connecting Arusha and Voi, Kenya. Just to the east of Moshi is the intersection with the B1 north–south road eventually connecting with Tanga and Dar es Salaam. Moshi is always considered the cleanest town in Tanzania.
Germany established a military camp in Moshi (Neu-Moschi) in August 1893. The northern line railroad reached Moshi in 1912.
Moshi attained the status of a town in 1956. In 1988, it became a municipality under Tanzanian law, but as of 31 October 2014, the process for submitting its application to become a city was in its final stages.
Moshi is divided administratively into 21 wards and then subdivided into 60 hamlets.
The municipal budget of Moshi in fiscal year 2012/2013 was estimated to be 22.2 billion Tanzanian shillings or US $14.1 million at an exchange rate of 1,575 shillings per dollar. Actual expenditures for that year were 20.3 billion shillings. The budget for the 2014/2015 fiscal year is 57.3 billion Tanzanian shillings or US $33.7 million at an exchange rate of 1,700 shillings per dollar.
Like all of Tanzania, Moshi has universal primary education. According to the Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2010, the Kilimanjaro Region, which includes Moshi, had the second highest female literacy rate and the third highest male literacy rate among Tanzania's then-existing 26 regions. According to the Tanzania Poverty and Human Development Report 2005, the Moshi urban district had the highest literacy rate for persons over 15 years of age when compared to any of the 128 other districts in Tanzania.
Moshi hosts a number of higher education facilities. Those include the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College (KCMCo), the Stefano Moshi Memorial University College (SMMUCo), the Mwenge Catholic University (MWECAU), the Moshi Co-operative University (MoCU), the College of African Wildlife Management (CAWM), the Kilimanjaro School of Pharmacy (KSP), and the Tanzania Training Centre for Orthopaedic Technologists (TATCOT).
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