Mahenge

Mahenge

Mahenge is a limestone plateau area in the Ulanga District, Morogoro Region, Tanzania, Africa. There is a town there of the same name. It is about south east of Singida, in the miombo woodland bio-region.

There is a forest reserve that begins 8 km from Mahenge town, called the Mahenge Scarp Catchment Forest Reserve, established in 1954. This forest has been heavily encroached upon for illegal logging and a planned graphite factory. There is also some mining of ruby gem stones.

There is a hospital, a market, and primary schools. A Catholic Capuchin mission was established around 1897, and there is now a St. Francis Kasita Seminary at Mahenge. The Diocese of Mahenge was established in 1964. About 60 percent of the population are Catholic Christians.

The dry season is June to October. Water is generally scarce due to the limestone plateau, but despite this the area gives its name to the Mahenge Toad (Mertensophryne loveridgei). The rare tree Dombeya amaniensis is also found in this region.

History

It is an area very rich in ancient kimberlite crater lakes which yield many Paleogene fossils. Many new discoveries have been made there.

In slaving times, the Mahenge area was notorious as the home of slave hunters.

The capital of the East African Republic was initially established in 1919 at Mahenge, as the region transitioned from German to British rule - but then moved to Dar es Salaam.

The major economic activities of the Mahenge population is agriculture. The major crops include maize, rice, and beans.



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Mahenge — Mahenge, 1) Landschaft in Deutsch Ostafrika, zwischen den Flüssen Ruaha, Rufidschi, Ulanga, gegen Uhehe durch einen Gebirgsrücken (2000 m) getrennt, fruchtbar, bewässert, teilweise morastig und mit dichtem Buschwald bedeckt, zum Teil aber auch… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Mahenge — Mahenge, Landschaft in Deutsch Ostafrika, zwischen unterm Ruaha und Rufiji. – M. auch Name einer Militärstation (zugleich Bezirkshauptort) in der Landsch. Upogoro, am Luahatal; 1899 angelegt. [Karte: Deutsche Kolonien I, 4.] …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Mahenge — Original name in latin Mahenge Name in other language Mahange, Mahenge State code TZ Continent/City Africa/Dar es Salaam longitude 8.68333 latitude 36.71667 altitude 1039 Population 7768 Date 2012 01 17 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Mahenge Zulu — Statistics Real name Ekoli Mahenge Zulu Rated at Welterweight Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Nationality Italian Born …   Wikipedia

  • Armand Huyghé de Mahenge — Naissance 11 juillet 1871 Louvain,  Belgique Décès 1944 (à 72 ans) Buchenwald …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bistum Mahenge — Basisdaten Staat Tansania Metropolitanbistum Erzbistum Daressalam …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahenge — Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese name=Mahenge latin=Dioecesis Mahengensis country=Tanzania metropolitan=Dar es Salaam rite=Latin Rite area= 39,498 population= 531,237 population as of= 2004 catholics= 465,696 catholics percent= 87.7… …   Wikipedia

  • Monts Mahenge — Carte des montagnes d Afrique de l Est. Géographie Altitude 1 040 m Administration …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Mertensophryne loveridgei — Mahenge Toad Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • Махенге — (Mahenge) племя в экваториальной юго вост. Африке, на З пустыни Суагели???Суахили. Светлая кожа и приятные, тонкие черты лица. Одежды из воловьих кож и звериных, по большей части обезьяньих шкур. Знакомы с добыванием и употреблением соли …   Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”