Morogoro is a city in eastern Tanzania and capital of Morogoro Region, about 196 kilometres west of Dar es Salaam. It is home to Sokoine University of Agriculture and to APOPO's HeroRATS programme, which trains rats to detect landmines and tuberculosis, and had a population of 471,409 at the 2022 census.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Morogoro (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 471,409 (2020)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -6.824167, longitude 37.663333
P2046 (area)
area 360.0 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 471409 (2020)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Morogoro - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 153220
-6.82102 37.66122 P PPLA TZ 10 0505 0505042 471409 504 Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 504 m
View the Source 3. Morogoro (Wikipedia)
Lead, nickname
city short of an ocean/port
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -6.75, 37.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -6.75, 37.75
-6.75 37.75 Aw
Wikidata: Morogoro
Wikidata Q243319, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.