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They founded the now former sovereign Chagga states on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro [5] [6] which governed both the current Kilimanjaro and Arusha regions (eastern) of Tanzania. Chagga men harvest dance c.1910s. The Chagga people are recognized as one of the economically successful groups in Tanzania.
The term "Chagga" is an exonym referring to the area around Mount Kilimanjaro and its slopes, rather than the mountain itself. Its origin is unclear, but some linguists believe it was coined by Bantu language speakers, including Swahili speakers, to describe the mountain's inhabitants following the arrival of coastal traders in the early 19th century.
The corridor stretches from the Arusha Region, through the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania to the Taita-Taveta County of Kenya. To varying degrees, the people in this corridor are essentially a mixture of similar Bantu [ 1 ] ( vandu , as the people), Nilotic ( Maa speakers) and Cushitic ( Muu , as the people) branches of the African people.
In about 1830 they settled in the Selian area on the southwestern slopes of Mount Meru under Maasai authority. However, the inhabitants reveal migration occurred back and forth throughout the history of this region, and the Arusha people should be viewed as a part of the bigger population inhabiting the entire Kilimanjaro Corridor. The Arusha ...
There are more than 100 distinct ethnic groups and tribes in Tanzania, not including ethnic groups that reside in Tanzania as refugees from conflicts in nearby countries. These ethnic groups are of Bantu origin, with large Nilotic-speaking , moderate indigenous, and small non-African minorities.
Kilimanjaro Region (Mkoa wa Kilimanjaro in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. [2] The regional capital and largest city is the municipality of Moshi . With the 3rd highest HDI of 0.640 in the country, Kilimanjaro is one among the top five most developed regions of Tanzania. [ 1 ]
But on October 7, 2022, I joined 13 women from different walks of life and traveled to Tanzania on a soul-searching eight-day adventure to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain and ...
Moshi CBD as seen from Lower Moshi rice fields.. Moshi is a municipality and the capital of Kilimanjaro Region in the Northeastern Tanzania.As of 2017, the municipality has an estimated population of 201,150 and a population density of 3,409 persons per km 2. [2]