Moshi is a municipality in northeastern Tanzania and the capital of Kilimanjaro Region, situated on the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, the dormant volcano that is Africa's highest mountain. Its population was recorded at 221,733 in the 2022 census. The town's name is said to come from the smoke that appears to rise from the nearby mountain. Covering only about 59 square kilometers, Moshi is the smallest municipality in Tanzania by area.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Wikidata: Moshi
Wikidata Q271733, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 2. Opentopodata (SRTM): SRTM 90 m elevation at Moshi
Opentopodata (SRTM)SRTM 90 m elevation at the GeoNames coordinates -3.35, 37.3333333Quote, SRTM 90 m elevation at the GeoNames coordinates -3.35, 37.3333333
"elevation": 854.0
3. Moshi, Tanzania (Wikipedia)
Climate sectionQuote, Climate section
Moshi's altitude keeps temperatures lower than surrounding cities, even without the maritime effects that a coastal city enjoys.
4. 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 -3.25, 37.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -3.25, 37.25
-3.25 37.25 Cfb
5. GeoNames: Moshi - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 153209, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 153209, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-3.35 37.33333 P PPLA TZ 06 0306 0306082 221733 854 Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Moshi (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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