Mount Hanang is a mountain in northern
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 ...
. The peak has an elevation of 3,420 m
above sea level. Hanang is located in
Manyara Region
Manyara Region (''Mkoa wa Manyara'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the town of Babati. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,425,131, which was lower than th ...
's
Hanang District
Hanang District is one of the six districts of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Mbulu District and Babati Rural District, to the southeast by the Dodoma Region and to the southwest by the Singida Region. Mount Ha ...
. It is (after
Mount Kilimanjaro,
Mount Meru
Mount Meru (Sanskrit/Pali: मेरु), also known as Sumeru, Sineru or Mahāmeru, is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritu ...
and
Mount Loolmalasin
Mount Loolmalasin (sometimes spelled "Loolmalassin") is a mountain located in the Ngorongoro District of the Arusha Region, Tanzania. It has a peak elevation of above sea level. It is, after Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru, the third-highest m ...
) the fourth-highest mountain in Tanzania, if you count the three peaks of Kilimanjaro as one mountain.
The principal path to the summit starts in the town of
Katesh. The climb can be done in one day (10 hours), but it is also common for climbers to spend one night in a tented camp on the mountain and reach the summit on the second day.
Hanang Forest Reserve
Mount Hanang Nature Forest Reserve has an area of 58.66 km², protecting an enclave of
evergreen montane forest on the mountain's higher slopes. Between 2000 and 2700 meters elevation, evergreen montane forest covers the mountain's wetter eastern and southern slopes, while the drier western and northern slopes are home to dry montane evergreen forest with bushland and grassland on the ridges. Above 2700 meters, the forests transition to ericaceous heathland and high-altitude grasslands.
["About Mount Hanang Nature Forest Reserve". Tanzania Forest Services Agency. Accessed 24 September 2019]
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See also
* List of Ultras of Africa
This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Africa. Also shown is Mount Catherine in Sinai, Egypt which is not geographically part of Africa. Not listed here are the 5 Ultras of the Can ...
* Manyara Region
Manyara Region (''Mkoa wa Manyara'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the town of Babati. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,425,131, which was lower than th ...
Gallery
Image:Mount Hanang - from below.JPG
Image:Mount Hanang - around the summit.JPG
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References
External links
* http://wikimapia.org/1898603/Mount-Hanang
* http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-4.433_35.4.html
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