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Tanga Region's Districts

Lushoto

Lushoto (German: Wilhelmstal, "William's Valley" named after Emperor Wilhelm II) is one of the seven districts of the Tanga Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the northeast by Kenya, to the east by the Muheza District, to the northwest by the Kilimanjaro Region and to the south by the Korogwe District.

During the German colonial period from the 1890s to 1918 the area was popular with settlers, hence the German place name of Wilhelmstal. Large farms and plantations were created, and the district was valued for its pleasant mountain climate. Numerous Church missions were, and remain, active. Between 1893 and 1911 the German Ostafrikanische Eisenbahngesellschaft (East African Railway Cooperation, constructed an important railway line starting at Tanga on the coast and passing along the Usambara Mountains with a station established at Mombo, about 20 kilometers from Wilhelmstal, to "New" Moshi at Kilamanjaro. The initial plan of the Usambarabahn was to connect the port of Tanga with Lake Victoria by passing south of the Usambara Mountains. This was in direct competition with parallel British efforts in colonial Kenya. From 4th of June 1912 to 12th of May 1913 the line was renamed Nordbahn (Northern Railway) for a short period.

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Lushoto District was 419,970.[1]

[edit] Wards

The Lushoto District is administratively divided into 32 wards:

Baga
Bumbuli
Funta
Gare
Hemtoye
Kwai
Lunguza
Lushoto (until WW I: Wilhelmstal)
Malibwi
Malindi
Makanya
Mamba
Mayo
Mbaramo
Mbuzii
Mgwashi
Mlalo
Mlingano
Mlola
Mnazi (English meaning: coconut tree)
Mng'aro
Mponde
Mtae
Mwangoi
Ngwelo
Rangwi
Shume
Soni
Sunga
Tamota
Ubiri
Vuga

[edit] Villages

Kitivo

[edit] Sources

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