Moshi

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Moshi

Total population

221,733

Coordinates-3.35°, 37.34°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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 km2. In the last official census of 2022, the municipality had a population of 221,733. The municipality is situated on the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano that is the highest mountain in Africa. The name Moshi has been reported to refer to the smoke that emanates from the nearby mountain. The municipality covers about 59 square kilometres (23 mi2) and is the smallest municipality in Tanzania by area.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Werner Schuster

German politician (1939-2001)

Cleopa Msuya

Prime Minister of Tanzania (1980–1983, 1994-1995)

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Banuelia Katesigwa

Tanzanian athletics competitor

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Ingrid Trobisch

American author (1926-2007)

Chris Nielsen

Canadian ice hockey player

Abdullahi Qarshe

Musician, poet and playwright (1924–1994)

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Amani Kyata

Tanzanian footballer

Mangi Meli

leader of the Chaga in the 1890s

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Sengondo Mvungi

Tanzanian politician

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Shiraz Shariff

Canadian politician

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Mussa Hassan Mgosi

association football player

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Agnete Bjørneboe

Danish painter, mosaic artist and papercutter

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Eugen Elishiringa Mwaiposa

Tanzanian Member of Parliament

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Mzee Chillo

Tanzanian actor

Lulu James

British-Tanzanian singer

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Ortrud Schaale

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kilimanjaro

• Same
  56.9 mi away
• Maore
  80 mi away
• العرضه
  1458.6 mi away
• Jakhirah
  1464.3 mi away
• Batieni
  2969.6 mi away
• Karlala
  3092.4 mi away
• Katana
  3102.1 mi away
• Tesse
  3106.1 mi away
• Boino
  3197 mi away
• Aït Mhammed
  3523.3 mi away
• Aït Ghmat
  3523.4 mi away
• Aït El Ançeur
  3524.4 mi away

Browse all places in Kilimanjaro →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Moshi

Safari Njema

Lioba M. Moshi · 2024

KCMC

Good Samaritan Foundation of Tanzania · 1970

Kilimanjaro

Henry Stedman · 2003

Kilimanjaro : The Trekking Guide to Africa's Highest Mountain

Henry Stedman · 2024

Indigenous knowledge in Africa: ways of being knowing, acting, and reading the world

African Association for the Study of Indigenous Knowledge Systems. Annual International Conference · 2018

Kilimanjaro country

University Press of Africa. · 1968

The geological history of Kilimanjaro

Teale, E. O. Sir · 1953

Politische Transformation in Afrika

Gero Erdmann · 1995

Search results from Open Library.