Lushoto District, Tanga
{{Short description|District of Tanga Region, Tanzania}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lushoto
| official_name = Wilaya ya Lushoto, Mkoa wa Tanga
| native_name = {{small|{{native phrase|sw|Wilaya ya Lushoto}}}}
| settlement_type = District
| image_skyline = Lushoto (2012).JPG
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Aerial view of Lushoto
| image_map = Lushoto District in Tanga 2022.svg
| map_caption = Location within Tanga.
| subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}}
| subdivision_type1 = Zone
| subdivision_name1 = Northern
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Tanga
| established_title =
| established_date = January 2016
| seat_type =
| seat = member of parliament
| leader_party = shabani omari shekilindi
| leader_title = District Commissioner
| leader_name = Majidi mwanga
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_water_percent =
| area_rank =
| area_blank1_title =
| area_blank2_title =
| area_total_km2 = 3,297
| area_land_km2 =
| area_water_km2 =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 350,958
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| timezone1 = EAT
| utc_offset1 = +3
| postal_code_type = Postcode
| postal_code = 217xx
| area_code = 027
| iso_code =
| coordinates =
| website = {{URL|http://www.lushotodc.go.tz/|District website}}
| footnotes =
}}
Lushoto is one of the eleven districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. It is bordered to the northeast by Kenya, to the east by the Muheza District, to the northwest by the Kilimanjaro Region, west by Korogwe District and to the south by the Bumbuli District. The district's capital and largest town is Lushoto.
History
{{Main|Shambaa Kingdom}}
The earliest inabitants of Lushoto district were the Sambaa. Who formed the Shambaa Kingdom during the 18th to 20th centuries based in Vugha. Roberts, Andrew, and Beverley Brock. Tanzania Before 1900 Published for the Historical Association of Tanzania by the East African Pub. House, 1968.
During the German occupation l, Lushoto town was named Wilhelmstal (William's Valley) and was named after Emperor Wilhelm II.
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 Company) constructed an important railway line starting at Tanga on the coast and passing along the Usambara Mountains with a station at Mombo, about {{convert|20|km|mi|sp=us}} from Wilhelmstal, to "New" Moshi at Kilimanjaro. 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 4 June 1912 to 12 May 1913, the line was renamed Nordbahn (Northern Railway).
According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Lushoto District was 419,970.[http://www.lushoto.co.tz/demography.php Lushoto demography]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} By 2012, the population had increased to 492,441.{{cite web|title=Census 2012|url=http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome|website=National Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=9 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154228/http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome|archive-date=5 March 2016}} In 2016, Lushoto district was separated from Bumbuli District there to population of Lushot as of 2012 was 332,436.https://lushotodc.go.tz/storage/app/uploads/public/5a0/b0a/548/5a0b0a5485966968107954.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} In 2022, the population was 350,958.{{Cite web |title=Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/admin/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}
Administrative subdivisions
=Wards=
As of 2012, Lushoto District is administratively divided into 28 wards:{{cite web|title=Census 2012|url=http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome|website=National Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=9 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154228/http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome|archive-date=5 March 2016}}https://lushotodc.go.tz/storage/app/uploads/public/5a0/b0a/548/5a0b0a5485966968107954.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
{{Columns-list|colwidth=10em|
- Lushoto
- Gare
- Kwai
- Ubiri
- Mtae
- Sunga
- Rangwi
- Mnazi
- Lunguza
- Mbaramo
- Mng'aro
- Mlalo
- Mwangoi
- Shume
- Malindi
- Hemtoye
- Malibwi
- Mlola
- Makanya
- Ngwelo
- Kilole
- Kwekanga
- Lukozi
- Manolo
- Dule M
- Kwemshasha
- Ngulwi
- Kwemashai
}}
Gallery
Usambara Mountains, Tanzania (2392807437).jpg|The Usambara Mountains.
Shume3.jpg|The cable Yarding System at Shume.
Lushoto3.jpg|Lushoto in the Tanga Region.
Lushoto Lumbering 3.jpg|Lumbering
A Smiling woman harvest tea leave at Bumbuli Plantation.jpg|Harvesting tea leaves at Bumbuli plantation.
Decorative House, Tanzania (10165518704).jpg|A house
A local jogging club ,Lushoto.jpg|Local jogging club.
Transport in Tanzania rural areas.jpg|Bus between Lushoto and Lukosi.
Horned Chameleon in Lushoto, Usambara Mountains.jpg|Kinyongia multituberculata
References
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External links
{{Sister project links | wikt=no | b=no | n=no | q=no | s=no | v=no | voy=Lushoto | species=no | d=no | mw=no | display=Lushoto District}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040318022859/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/lushoto.htm Lushoto District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928192949/http://www.lushoto.co.tz/ Lushoto District Website]
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