Himo is a town in the
Makuyuni
Makuyuni is an administrative ward in the Monduli district of the Arusha Region of Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Afr ...
ward of
Kilimanjaro Region
Kilimanjaro Region (''Mkoa wa Kilimanjaro'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital and largest city is the municipality of Moshi. With a HDI of 0.613, Kilimajaro is one among the most developed region ...
in
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
.
Location
Himo is located at . Its growth in the 1980s was boosted when it became the centre of a thriving smuggling trade across the Kenyan border.
Himo is a central point town of the Moshi district. It is about east of
Moshi and about from the Kenyan border and the town of
Taveta. Himo is the start of the road north to
Marangu, which is near the start of the Marangu Route to the summit of
Mount Kilimanjaro.
Himo started to thrive in the 1950s with the arrival of the Moshi Trading company where they built a local railway system to work in the sisal plantations nearby. At that time some of the prominent Indian and Arab merchants made a foothold on the business and some are still present to this day.
References
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Populated places in Kilimanjaro Region