Longido is a small town and

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Arusha Region Arusha City is a Tanzanian city and the regional capital of the Arusha Region, with a population of 416,442 plus 323,198 in the surrounding Arusha District Council (2012 census). Located below Mount Meru (Tanzania), Mount Meru on the eastern e ...

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. It is the administrative seat for

Longido District Longido is one of the six districts in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The District covers an area of . It is bordered to the east by the Ngorongoro District, to the south west by the Monduli District and Southeast by the Arusha Rural District a ...

. Most of the inhabitants are

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, but there are other

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n tribes as well. Longido is at the foot of

Mount Longido Mount Longido is a mountain in Tanzania. The peak has an elevation of 2,637 m above sea level. Mount Longido is located in Longido District of Arusha Region. The principal path to the summit starts in the town of Longido. The climb can be done in ...

, which can be climbed in one and a half days. Longido includes some basic accommodation (guest houses), restaurants, bars, and general stores. There is also a police station there, several churches, and a primary and secondary school. Electricity in the town is by national electricity grid.

History

A 1928 ascent of Mount Longido was described in

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's book ''Speak to the Earth'' (1935).

Anyolite Anyolite is a metamorphic rock composed of intergrown green zoisite, black/dark green pargasite and ruby. It has been found in the Arusha Region of Tanzania and in Austria. It is sometimes incorrectly advertised as a variety of the mineral zoisit ...

was first discovered at the

Mundarara Mine } Mundarara is an administrative ward in the Longido 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 Afri ...

near Longido in 1954. In 2007, Longido became the capital of Longido District, which was formed out of part of

Monduli District Monduli is one of the seven districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The District covers an area of . It is bordered to the north by Longido District, to the east by Arusha Rural District, to the south by the Manyara Region and to the west b ...

Ward status

In addition to the town of Longido, the ward includes the village of Engikareti.

Notes

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