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Arusha
Arusha, Tanzania · Africa
About Arusha
Arusha sits on the route: 30 minutes from Poli.
Arusha is in Tanzania, with about 620,000 people. The nearest town is Poli, about 15 km away.
Arusha is a city in Tanzania. The city is the capital of the Arusha Region. It has a population of 617,631 people.
Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, Arusha region has a temperate climate. The region is close to the Serengeti National Park, the NgorongoroRead more
Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Mount Meru in the Arusha National Park.
The region is a major international diplomatic hub. It hosts the African Court of the African Union and is the capital of the East African Community. From 1994 to 2015, the region also hosted the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, but that entity has ceased operations. Currently, it hosts one of the branches of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
Arusha is a multicultural region with a majority Tanzanian population of mixed backgrounds: indigenous African, Arab-Tanzanian and Indian-Tanzanian population, plus a small European and North American minority population. Religions of the Arusha region population include Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and Hinduism.
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Arusha is in Arusha, Tanzania, about 15 km from Poli.
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- Population
- 617,631
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Tanzania
- Region
- Arusha
- Timezone
- Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Coordinates
- -3.3667, 36.6833
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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