词条 | Morogoro |
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It is also known informally as "Mji kasoro bahari", which translates as "city short of an ocean/port".{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} OverviewMorogoro lies at the base of the Uluguru Mountains and is a centre of agriculture in the region. The Sokoine University of Agriculture is based in the city. A number of missions are also located in the city, providing schools and hospitals. Morogoro is the home of Salim Abdullah, who was the founder of the Cuban Marimba jazz band, and the Morogoro Jazz Band, another well-known band established in 1944.[4] From the mid-1960s to the 1970s, Morogoro was home to one of Tanzania's most influential and celebrated musicians, Mbaraka Mwinshehe, a lead guitarist and singer-songwriter.[3] Morogoro is home to the Amani Centre, which has helped over 3,400 disabled people in the surrounding villages.[4] TransportationRailway stationIntra City Railway StationMorogoro is served by a station on the Central Railway of Tanzania Railways. In 2017, a new station on the standard gauge railway was proposed. International Railway StationPublic transportPublic transport buses called dala dala are available for transport within the town, the fare are most around Tsh 400 from town to nearby area Water supplyEighty percent of the Morogoro's water supply comes from the Mindu Dam on the Ngerengere River. The dam project, begun in 1978, has been controversial. The lake behind the dam has led to high rates of bilharzia infection,[5] and mercury run-off from gold mining nearby the dam has polluted the city's water supply.[6] The dam is also being rapidly silted due to deforestation in the surrounding areas.[7] In 2012-13 a $8.31m USAID/MCC-funded programme was implemented for the Morogoro Water Supply Authority (MORUWASA) to rehabilitate drinking water resources from the Uluguru Mountains with an inlet and treatment plant near the Regional Governance offices at the high end of the Boma Road. Climate{{Weather box |location = Morogoro |single line = Yes |metric first = Yes |Jan high F = 89 |Feb high F = 89 |Mar high F = 88 |Apr high F = 85 |May high F = 83 |Jun high F = 81 |Jul high F = 81 |Aug high F =83 |Sep high F = 85 |Oct high F = 88 |Nov high F =90 |Dec high F = 89 |year high F = 86 |Jan low F = 69 |Feb low F = 70 |Mar low F = 69 |Apr low F = 69 |May low F = 66 |Jun low F = 61 |Jul low F = 59 |Aug low F = 60 |Sep low F = 62 |Oct low F = 64 |Nov low F = 67 |Dec low F = 69 |year low F = 65 |Jan precipitation inch = 3.9 |Feb precipitation inch =3.8 |Mar precipitation inch = 6.8 |Apr precipitation inch = 8.1 |May precipitation inch = 3.9 |Jun precipitation inch = 1.1 |Jul precipitation inch = 0.6 |Aug precipitation inch = 0.4 |Sep precipitation inch = 0.6 |Oct precipitation inch = 1.0 |Nov precipitation inch = 2.0 |Dec precipitation inch = 2.8 |year precipitation inch = 35 |source 1 = Weatherbase[8] |date=November 2011 }} EducationSokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro Muslim University, st Joseph and Jordan University College are located in Morogoro. Mzumbe University is located 26 km south of the town on the highway to Iringa. There are other famous colleges like Ardhi Institute Morogoro, Morogoro Teachers College, and LITI (Livestock Training Institute). One of the oldest secondary schools in the country, Kilakala Girls High School (formerly known as Marian College), is also found in the municipality. Other secondary schools within the municipality are Morogoro Secondary School (formerly Aga Khan Secondary School), Forest Hill Secondary, Jabal Hira Muslim Secondary, Kigurunyembe Secondary, Lutheran Junior Seminary, and Lupanga Practising Secondary School (a newly established school near Kigurunyembe teacher's college). SportsThe city is represented in the Tanzanian Premier League by football club Mtibwa Sugar F.C. Sister citiesThe city of Milwaukee in the state of Wisconsin in the United States is a sister city of Morogoro as designated by Sister Cities International.[9] Morogoro is also twinned with Linköping in Sweden and Vaasa in Finland.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} References1. ^"Statistical Abstract 2011", Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics, page 3 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105105231/http://www.nbs.go.tz/takwimu/references/Abstract2011.zip |date=2013-11-05 }} 2. ^"2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas", Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics, page 56{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 3. ^1 {{cite book | last=Askew | first=Kelly Michelle | title=Performing the nation: Swahili music and cultural politics in Tanzania | year=2002 | publisher=University Of Chicago Press | isbn=978-0-226-02981-8 | page=92}} 4. ^ 5. ^IRDC Archive: The Essential Health Interventions Project {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504122117/http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-4832-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html |date=2007-05-04 }} 6. ^Mindu destruction setting stage for a catastrophe {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050116202614/http://www.ipp.co.tz/ipp/guardian/2004/07/14/15820.html |date=2005-01-16 }} 7. ^[https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9342 Ashagre, B. B., White, S., Balmford, A., Burgess, N., Matalo, F., Mwakalila, S., Platts, P., Schaafsma, M., Smith, C. and Swetnam, R. (2014) Water to Everyone. The Arc Journal, (29), pp. 15 - 18] 8. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=166836 | title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Morogoro, Tanzania | publisher=Weatherbase | year=2011}}Retrieved on November 24, 2011. 9. ^"Milwaukee's Sister Cities", Go Milwaukee, City of Milwaukee External links{{Wikivoyage|Morogoro}}{{Commons category-inline|Morogoro}}{{Authority control}} 3 : Morogoro|Regional capitals in Tanzania|Populated places in Morogoro Region |
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