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Mount Meru is a dormant stratovolcano located 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Kilimanjaro in southeast Arusha Region, Tanzania.At a height of 4,562.13 metres (14,968 ft), [1] [4] it is visible from Mount Kilimanjaro on a clear day, [5] and is the fifth-highest of the highest mountain peaks of Africa, dependent on definition.
The Arusha National Park (Hifahdi ya Taifa ya Arusha, in Swahili) is a national park in Tanzania, with the IUCN category II located within Meru District and Arusha Rural District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania that covers Mount Meru, a prominent volcano with an elevation of 4566 m. [1]
Meru District has an max elevation of 3,800 m (12,500 ft) at Rhino Point on Mount Meru. [4] The administrative capital of the district is Usa River . According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of Meru District council was 331,603.
Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, Arusha region has a temperate climate. The region is close to the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Mount Meru in the Arusha National Park.
The Meru and Arusha's Chagga wives were repatriated back to Kilimanjaro. 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.
The Arusha, who lived close to Mount Meru, actively assaulted their neighbors, stealing their herds and enslaving them. The Meru attempted to repel military assaults by establishing their own military structures. By the end of the nineteenth century, the Meru and Arusha had developed an ethnic identity. [1]