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Airport situated a few kilometers from Moshi Municipality mainly
caters for non-commercial and charter air planes.
3.5 Electricity:
Electricity is most needed as an energy for development in a
modern society and where it is lacking it becomes hard to engage
in serious industrial development. The region's electricity is
supplied by both Hydro and Thermal energy. Hydroelectricity is
drawn from the National Grid (Kidatu/Hale Grid system supplying
13.0 MW), Nyumba ya Mungu Station supplying 7.4 MW and
Kikuletwa Station supplying 1.16 MW. Thermo electricity is
mainly supplied by private institutions for their institutional needs.
The largest Therm plants are stationed at Kome Hospital
producing 92.0 KW, Kibo Match Factory producing 160.0
KW., KCMC Hospital producing 92.0 KW and Sikh Saw Mills
producing 84.0 KW. All the five districts and one Municipality
are well served with hydro-electric power, with total number of
15,826 consumers. The largest part of electricity is consumed by
medium and light industries distributed all over the region.
Out of 402 registered villages in the region, 116 villages, or
29.9% of all villages in the region are supplied with electricity.
Thus Kilimanjaro region commands a higher percentage of
electricity distribution to villages and private households compared
to other regions. The table below shows the number of villages
and households supplied with electricity in the region.
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