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50-691: Moshi may refer to: Places [ edit ] Moshi, Tanzania , a city Moshi Airport Moshi Rural , a district Moshi Urban , a district Roman Catholic Diocese of Moshi , a diocese located in the city of Moshi Moshi, Maharashtra , India Moshi, Shimen (磨市镇), a town in Shimen County , Hunan Province, China People [ edit ] Haruna Moshi (born 1987), Tanzanian footballer Magdalena Moshi (born 1990), Tanzanian swimmer Moshi Kakoso (born 1968), Tanzanian politician Other uses [ edit ] Moshi Monsters ,

100-420: A city was in its final stages. Moshi is administratively divided into 21 wards and then subdivided into 60 hamlets. As the capital of the region, it is the center of government activities, trade, finance, and tourism. In the first half of the 20th century, Moshi was traditionally an important railway town, center of banana agriculture, and commercial producer of pyrethrum . Moshi is one of tourism centers in

150-559: A community-established secondary school, such as Rau Secondary School and Kiboriloni Secondary School . There are also various English medium schools with pre-primary, primary, and secondary education, such as the Eden Garden schools. The main private hospital in the area is the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), a zonal referral hospital. This complex has more than 450 beds and serves

200-541: A population of over 11 million individuals. The Good Samaritan Foundation of Tanzania founded KCMC in March 1971. Next to KCMC is the Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology (KCCO), which was founded in 2001 and is co-directed by Dr. Paul Courtright and Dr. Susan Lewallen. A new three-story building for KCCO was finished in 2007, funded by several individuals and non-governmental organizations. The KCCO

250-720: A web browser game See also [ edit ] Moschi (disambiguation) Moshi Moshi (disambiguation) Mochi (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Moshi . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moshi&oldid=1148325486 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

300-601: Is "dedicated to the elimination of avoidable blindness through programmes, training, and research focusing on the delivery of sustainable and replicable community ophthalmology services". The KCCO has an "official memorandum of understanding ... with the Department of Ophthalmology and Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College under which the KCCO assumes or shares responsibility (subject to specific funding grants) for many teaching activities, running workshops and seminars, supervising

350-455: Is accompanied by the highest temperatures of the year. The southeast monsoon prevails from June through September. Unique among the world's monsoons, both monsoons in Tanzania are divergent in the low levels, shallow (averaging only 2 kilometres or 1.2 miles in depth), and capped by inversion and dry, subsiding air. These factors result in light or insignificant rainfall year-round except during

400-530: Is also home to the largest lion population in Africa. It is under threat from deforestation , population growth and ranching. The name "Serengeti" is an approximation of the word siringet used by the Maasai people for the area, which means "the place where the land runs on forever". In 1930, an area of 2,286 km (883 sq mi) was designated as a game reserve in southern and eastern Serengeti. In

450-608: Is an active sport in Moshi and it holds tournaments as well such as the annual Nyerere Cup hosted by the Sikh Community. Moshi has several football pitches where players from different ethnicities and backgrounds come together to enjoy the sport. The Ushirika Stadium is the only full - sized pitch where many official league matches have been played including the Tanzanian Premier League. Other pitches include

500-503: Is annual fair, KiliFair , organized to be an international tourism & industry fair, promoting and presenting companies based in the Kilimanjaro region. The fair has the character of a business networking event for the tourism industry, in combination with a community fair to attract local people, families & expats. Recently, Karibu Fair (TATO) and Kilifair, both well-known tourism fairs decided to join into one and create by far

550-529: Is dangerous not only to the patient but also to his/her attendant...." The hospital includes a Care and Treatment Centre for people living with HIV/AIDS. The hospital's physical therapy department has a student learning program in cooperation with Norway, in which Norwegian physiotherapy students in their second and third years come as short term apprentices. Moshi is connected to other cities in Tanzania by Tanroads highway T2. Several bus companies operate intercity routes from Moshi. There are also local buses for

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600-491: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Moshi, Tanzania Germany established a military camp in Moshi ( Neumoschi ) in August 1893. The northern line railroad reached Moshi in 1912. Moshi attained the status of a town in 1956. In 1988, it became a municipality under Tanzanian law, but as of 31 October 2014, the process for submitting its application to become

650-402: Is estimated at 5.41 individuals per 100 km (14.0 per 100 sq miles) in the dry season. African bush elephant herds recovered from a population low in the 1980s caused by poaching , and numbered over 5,000 individuals by 2014. The African buffalo population declined between 1976 and 1996 due to poaching, but increased to 28,524 individuals by 2008. The Eastern black rhinoceros population

700-571: Is forbidden in the park except for the Tanzania National Parks Authority staff, researchers and staff of the various lodges, campsites, and hotels. The main settlement is Seronera with its primary Seronera airstrip . The park is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as a World Heritage Site . It is designated as a Category II protected area under

750-403: Is located in eastern Mara Region and northeastern Simiyu Region and contains over 1,500,000 ha (3,700,000 acres) of virgin savanna . The park was established in 1940. The Serengeti is well known for the largest annual animal migration in the world of over 1.5 million blue wildebeest and 250,000 zebra along with smaller herds of Thomson's gazelle and eland . The national park

800-652: Is regular passenger service to Arusha and Dar Es Salaam. Moshi hosts the Kilimanjaro Marathon, Tanzania's largest sport event, held annually at the end of February or beginning of March since 2002. The race is a member of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races . Apart from promoting tourism, the race promotes the sport in Tanzania and has the official backing of the Tanzania Tourist Board , Athletics Tanzania , and

850-534: Is severely underfunded. In late 2010, its surgical services were suspended indefinitely by the Government and Private Hospitals Inspection Committee of the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. The head of the committee, Dr. Pamella Sawa, said, "During our inspection, we inspected the theatre room of Mawenzi Hospital and found it very dirty, with no[t] enough ventilation, the situation which

900-612: Is the world's second longest overland migration. The complete migration route is around 800 km (500 mi). South of this migration route covers the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where around half a million wildebeest are born between January and March. By March, at the beginning of the dry season, roughly 1.5 million wildebeest and 250,000 zebras start to migrate north towards Maasai Mara in Kenya. Common eland , plains zebra , and Thomson's gazelle join

950-513: The International Association of Athletics Federations . In 2015, 313 persons finished the 42.2 kilometres (26.2 mi) full marathon, and 2,593 persons finished the 21.1 kilometres (13.1 mi) half marathon. The race also includes a 5 kilometer (3.1 mile) fun run. Moshi has one field hockey pitch, formerly known as Sikh Club and it is home to well known hockey teams from Moshi like Moshi Khalsa and Kili Vijana. Hockey

1000-532: The Mau Forest region has changed the hydrology of the Mara River. There are invasive species of plants such as Siam weed , Prickly pear , Feverfew and Mexican sunflower . A study in 1996 estimated that the human population of the western side of the park is growing by four percent yearly. Livestock use is also growing which increased the amount of land turned over to farming and ranching. A study by

1050-874: The Moshi Co-operative University (MoCU), the College of African Wildlife Management (CAWM), the Kilimanjaro School of Pharmacy (KSP), and the Tanzania Training Centre for Orthopaedic Technologists (TATCOT). Moshi also has several secondary schools. The government schools are Mawenzi Secondary School , Moshi Technical School , Moshi Secondary School , and J. K. Nyerere Secondary School . The private schools are Majengo Secondary School , Northern Highland Secondary School , United World College East Africa , and Kibo Secondary School . In addition, each ward of Moshi has

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1100-576: The Neoproterozoic Mozambique Belt consisting of quartzite and granite, and the Neoproterozoic Ikorongo Group, consisting of sandstone , shale and siltstone that form linear ridges. The southeast portion of the park contains Neogene -aged volcanic rock and Oldoinyo Lengai Holocene -aged volcanic ash . The Grumeti, Mara, Mbalageti, and Orangi rivers flow westward to Lake Victoria , while

1150-620: The natrocarbonatite lava produced by the volcanoes . The park covers 14,750 km (5,700 sq mi) of grassland plains, savanna , riverine forest , and woodlands. The park lies in northwestern Tanzania, bordered to the north by the Kenyan border, where it is continuous with the Maasai Mara National Reserve. To the southeast of the park is the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, to

1200-639: The ... [Ophthalmic Resource Centre for Eastern Africa], serving in an advisory capacity for planning Eye Department services, conducting epidemiologic and clinical research in prevention or treatment of vision loss or related fields, and serves on committees". Moshi also hosts the Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI), which is the research arm of KCMC. KCRI evolved from the Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Centre (KCRC) in 2009. KCRC

1250-620: The 1930s, the government of Tanganyika established a system of national parks compliant with the Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State . The area became a national park in 1940. It was granted strict protection in 1948 when the Serengeti National Park Board of Trustees was formed to administer the national park. The government restricted the movements of

1300-634: The Hindu Mandal ground and the Moshi Club. Moshi has two golf courses, Moshi Golf Course operated by Moshi Gymkhana Club (MGC) and TPC Moshi Golf Course operated by TPC Club. The clubs host various national and regional events, annually, coordinated by the Tanzania Golf Union. Moshi has a tropical wet and dry climate . Its weather is dominated year round by monsoonal flow. The northeast monsoon prevails December through March and

1350-419: The Moshi region in 1893. The Kilimanjaro Native Co-operative Union was established in 1929 by the district commissioner, Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas . Its purpose was to enable Chagga coffee growers to compete on equal terms in world markets with European growers. KNCU collects coffee from 96 village societies, representing over 150,000 small-scale farmers. KNCU handles between 50 and 70 percent of

1400-767: The Oldupai River flows eastward into the Olbalbal Swamps. In the eastern portion of the park lie the Serengeti volcanic grasslands which are a Tropical Grassland Ecozone. The grasslands grow on deposits of volcanic ash from the Kerimasi Volcano, which erupted 150,000 years ago, and also from the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcanic eruptions, which created layers of calcareous tuff and calcitic hard-pan soil ( vertisols ) from rapid weathering of

1450-768: The Tanzania Poverty and Human Development Report 2005, the Moshi urban district had the highest literacy rate for persons over 15 years of age when compared to any of the 128 other districts in Tanzania. Moshi hosts a number of higher education facilities, which include the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College (KCMCo), the Stefano Moshi Memorial University College (SMMUCo), the Mwenge Catholic University (MWECAU),

1500-675: The base of opposition politics since the struggle for independence. The last Mangi Mkuu (Paramount Chief) of the Chagga, Thomas Lenana Marealle II , whose palace was located in Moshi, worked for the independence of Tanganyika when it was still a United Nations trust territory under British administration. In his speech to the United Nations Trusteeship Council on 17 June 1957, he said that Tanganyika could become self-governing within ten to fifteen years. This speech occurred one day before Julius Nyerere addressed

1550-516: The coffee grown in the area and trades over 5,250 tons of Arabica coffee, or about 11 percent of national production. In recent years, efforts have been made to diversify Moshi's agricultural economy beyond traditional coffee production. In 2019, a dairy cooperative located on the eastern slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro partnered with the Poland-East Africa Economic Foundation and Polish Aid to boost dairy farming in

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1600-1087: The gallery forests of the Grumeti River . Reptiles include Nile crocodile , leopard tortoise , serrated hinged terrapin , rainbow agama , Nile monitor , Jackson's chameleon , African python , black mamba , black-necked spitting cobra , and puff adder . More than 500 bird species can be seen such as Masai ostrich , secretarybird , kori bustards , helmeted guineafowls , grey-breasted spurfowl , blacksmith lapwing , African collared dove , red-billed buffalo weaver , southern ground hornbill , crowned cranes , sacred ibis , cattle egrets , black herons , knob-billed ducks , saddle-billed storks , white stork , goliath herons , marabou storks , yellow-billed stork , spotted thick-knees , lesser flamingo , shoebills , abdim's stork , hamerkops , hadada ibis , african fish eagles , pink-backed pelicans , tanzanian red-billed hornbill , martial eagles , egyptian geese , lovebirds , spur-winged geese , oxpeckers , and many species of vultures. The great migration

1650-709: The intracity travel. Kilimanjaro International Airport , which is operated by the Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company and located in Hai District approximately 40 km along the Moshi-Arusha Highway. There is also a small airport nearby (Moshi Airport) approximately 5 km from the city center. The airport serves mostly chartered and private flights. Tanga Line passes through Moshi. The line carries cargo mostly cement from Tanga to Moshi and Arusha. There

1700-460: The largest and most important Tourism Trade Fair in East Africa. The newly formed “Karibu/KiliFair” is expecting to host 350+ exhibitors from East and Central Africa, 300+ international hosted and semi-hosted buyers, as well as approximately 4000 trade visitors during the days of the fair. The fair will annually alternate between Moshi and Arusha starting 2018 event. Moshi is the home to one of

1750-639: The main crops grown on the higher slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro , coffee and bananas, do not thrive there. The surrounding areas in Moshi district are known for extensive farms of maize and beans, grown once per year during the long rainy season (known as "masika" in Kiswahili). In addition, the Tanganyika Planting Company operates a very large sugar cane plantation and company town 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Moshi. Roman Catholic missionaries introduced Arabica coffee cultivation to

1800-498: The northern safari circuit of Tanzania. The closest tourism spots include Kilimanjaro National Park , Mkomazi National Park , Lake Jipe , and Lake Chala . There are also several waterfalls, natural springs, and tropical forests. Tours can also be arranged from Moshi to other areas such as Serengeti National Park , Ngorongoro Conservation Area , Arusha National Park , Lake Manyara National Park , and Tarangire National Park . The city has several hotels and recreation centers. There

1850-472: The region may have originated from a series of volcanoes, whose activity shaped the basic geographic features of the plain by adding mountains and craters to the landscape. The Mara River, which flows through Maasai Mara National Reserve from the Kenyan highlands to Lake Victoria, is the only permanently-flowing river in the Serengeti ecosystem. The park is divided into three regions: Human habitation

1900-617: The region. The cooperative expanded significantly, benefiting over 900 local farmers and establishing new facilities to support milk production and processing Like all of Tanzania, Moshi has universal primary education. According to the Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2010, the Kilimanjaro Region, which includes Moshi, had the second highest female literacy rate and the third highest male literacy rate among Tanzania's then-existing 26 regions. According to

1950-574: The resident Maasai people, and the park boundaries were finalized in 1951. In 1959, an area of 8,300 km (3,200 sq mi) was split off in the eastern part of the national park and re-established as Ngorongoro Conservation Area intended to accommodate the traditional land use interests of the Maasai people in a multiple land use area. In 1981, the Serengeti National Park covered 12,950 km (5,000 sq mi), which

2000-609: The same body. In 2010, the unsuccessful Chadema presidential candidate, Willibrod Slaa , received 55.6 percent of the popular vote in the Moshi Urban District compared to 43.5 percent for the nationwide winner, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of the Chama cha Mapinduzi party. In 2010, the Chadema parliamentary candidate, Philemon Kiwelu Ndesamburo, was elected to office with 62.3 percent of the vote. As of May 2012, six of

2050-497: The seven special seats on the Moshi Municipal Council are held by Chadema party members. In 1953, Journalist John Gunther described Moshi as "the kind of town Somerset Maugham , if he ever wrote about Africa, might have invented." Serengeti National Park The Serengeti National Park is a large national park in northern Tanzania that stretches over 14,763 km (5,700 sq mi). It

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2100-662: The southwest lies Maswa Game Reserve, to the west are the Ikorongo and Grumeti Game Reserves , and to the northeast and east lies the Loliondo Game Control Area. The landscape of the Serengeti Plain is extremely varied, ranging from savannah to hilly woodlands to open grasslands. The region's geographic diversity is due to the extreme weather conditions that plague the area, particularly the potent combination of heat and wind. The diverse habitats in

2150-561: The system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature , which means that it should be managed to protect the ecosystem or ecological processes. The administrative body for all parks in Tanzania is the Tanzania National Parks Authority. Myles Turner was one of the park's first game wardens and is credited with bringing its rampant poaching under control. Deforestation in

2200-469: The three Coca-Cola bottlers in Tanzania, Bonite Botters Ltd. Serengeti Breweries, an East African Breweries company, also has a manufacturing plant in Moshi. Just south of the city, there is a sugar production facility by TPC Ltd which owns one of the largest and oldest sugar cane plantation in the country. There are several small and medium scale manufacturing facilities in dairy and food packaging sector. Moshi's lower altitude and drier climate mean that

2250-673: The transitional periods between the monsoons. Moshi's altitude keeps temperatures lower than surrounding cities, even without the maritime effects that a coastal city enjoys. Nighttime temperatures are relatively consistent throughout the year, averaging from 15 to 17 degrees Celsius. Moshi has noticeably warmer daytime temperatures from October through March, when average high temperatures exceed 30 degrees Celsius, and noticeably cooler daytime temperatures from May through August, when average high temperatures are 25 to 26 degrees Celsius. Moshi's wettest months are March through May, when around 71 percent of its annual rainfall occurs. Moshi has been

2300-902: The wildebeest. In April and May, the migrating herds pass through the Western Corridor. To get to the Maasai Mara, the herds have to cross the Grumeti and Mara Rivers, where around 3,000 crocodiles lie in wait. For every wildebeest captured by the crocodiles, 50 drown. When the dry season ends in late October, the migrating herds start to head back south. Around 250,000 wildebeests and 30,000 plains zebras die annually from drowning, predation, exhaustion, thirst, or disease. The basement complex consists of Archaen Nyanzian System greenstones (2.81–2.63 Ga in age), Archaean granite - gneiss plutons (2.72–2.56 Ga in age), which were uplifted 180 Ma ago , forming koppies and elongated hills,

2350-624: Was established in 2006 with the support of the Dutch government through the Netherlands-African partnership for Capacity development and Clinical interventions Against Poverty-related disease (NACCAP). The primary public hospital in Moshi is the Mawenzi Regional Hospital , which started sometime before 1920 as a small dispensary for German soldiers and became a hospital in 1956. The hospital has about 300 beds but

2400-454: Was less than half of the Serengeti . The Serengeti gained fame after Bernhard Grzimek and his son Michael produced a book and documentary titled Serengeti Shall Not Die in 1959. Serengeti National Park forms a Lion Conservation Unit since 2005 together with Maasai Mara National Reserve . More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem. The population density of the African leopard

2450-479: Was reduced to about 10 individuals in the 1980s due to poaching, and fewer than 70 individuals survive in the park today. Rhinos mostly browse on grasses, woody Indigofera , Acacia and Crotalaria forbs and shrubs. Other mammal carnivores include the cheetah , about 3,500 spotted hyena , black-backed jackal , African golden wolf , honey badger , striped hyena , caracal , serval , banded mongoose , and two species of otters . The African wild dog

2500-435: Was returned to the area in 2012 after disappearing in 1991. Other mammals include hippopotamus , common warthog , aardvark , aardwolf , African wildcat , African civet , common genet , zorilla , African striped weasel , bat-eared fox , ground pangolin , crested porcupine , three species of hyraxes and Cape hare . Primates such as yellow and olive baboons , vervet monkey , and mantled guereza are also seen in

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