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Among the Meru are members of Tanzania's modern middle class: doctors, teachers, lawyers, engineers, and military professionals. [1] Modern Meru's tight settlement zones are also distinguished by high levels of education: practically all children attend school nowadays, and 90% of the adult population has completed at least 7 years of basic school.
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.
The Meru or Amîîrú (including the Ngaa) are a Bantu ethnic group that inhabit the Meru region of Kenya. The region is situated on the fertile lands of the north and eastern slopes of Mount Kenya in the former Eastern Province. The word Meru means 'shining light' in the Meru language.
The Meru people share the same name and identity with the Meru people of Kenya. The Meru people are said to have arrived to the slopes of the great mountain around 800 years ago coming from the mount Kenya . According to the inhabitants, migration occurred back and forth throughout the region, and the Meru people should be viewed as a part of ...
Meru District, officially the Meru District Council (Wilaya ya Meru, in Swahili) is one of seven districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania.The District is bordered to the north by Longido District, to the east by Siha and Hai Districts of Kilimanjaro Region, to the south by Simanjiro District of Manyara Region, and to the west by Arusha Rural District and Arusha Urban District.
The Meru and Arusha's Chagga wives were repatriated back to Kilimanjaro. The British started growing coffee in 1920. The British started growing coffee in 1920. The administrative region of Arusha existed in 1922 [ 12 ] while mainland Tanzania was a British mandate under the League of Nations and known as Tanganyika .
Meru, Hazaribagh, a small town in Jharkhand, India; Meru, Malaysia, a town in Klang, located in Selangor; Meru, Western Australia, a locality near Geraldton; Méru, a commune of the Oise département in France; Meru Peak, a mountain in the Indian Himalayas, not to be confused with Mount Meru (see the section Other uses below)
Makumira is a small town located in Poli ward of Meru District in Arusha Region of northern Tanzania. It lies on the slope of Mount Meru, the fifth-highest mountain in Africa. Makumira is about 16 kilometres from the city of Arusha on the main road, A23. The neighboring villages are Tengeru and Usa River.