Kilimanjaro - Tanzania Online Gateway

SECTION I
1.0 LAND PEOPLE AND CLIMATE:
1.1 Geographical Location:
Kilimanjaro region as its name reflects, the famous snow covered
Mount Kilimanjaro is within this region. The mountain has two
peaks Mawenzi and Kibo and its highest peak Kibo, towers as
high as 5,895 meters above sea level snowcapped throughout the
year. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain - Africa second to
Mount Everest. Mount Kilimanjaro and the Pare mountains
(2,000 - 2,500m.) from the backbone of the region, running
through the middle of it in a lengthwise direction.
Kilimanjaro region is located in the north eastern part of Tanzania
Mainland. It lies south of the Equater between latitudes 2 0 25 1
and 4 0 15 1 . Longitudinally the region is between 36 0 25 1 30 11
and 38 0 10 1 45 11 east of Greenwich. The region has a common
border with Kenya in the north, to the southeast it shares border
with Tanga region; to the south and west the region borders with
Arusha region.
1.2 Land Area and Administrative Units:
Kilimanjaro region covers an areas of 13,209 sq km or 1.4
percent of the area of the entire Tanzania Mainland. Sizewise the
region is one of the smallest regions in Tanzania.
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