Kikafu River(''Mto Kikafu'' in
Swahili
Swahili may refer to:
* Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes
* Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa
* Swahili culture
Swahili culture is the culture of ...
) is located in the northern
Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. It begins in
Machame Mashariki ward in
Moshi District
Moshi Urban District (officially known as Moshi City Council) is an administrative district located in Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. The district is home to regional capital of Kilimanjaro Region, namely Moshi. The district covers an area of . ...
and drains into the
Pangani River. The river plays an important part of
Chagga history in the Chagga kingdom of
Machame.
[Tschannerl, Gerhard. “RURAL WATER-SUPPLY IN TANZANIA: IS ‘POLITICS’ OR ‘TECHNIQUE’ IN COMMAND?” The African Review: A Journal of African Politics, Development and International Affairs, vol. 6, no. 2, 1976, pp. 108–66. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/45341412. Accessed 9 May 2023.]
References
Rivers of Tanzania
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