Nduruma, is a administrative ward in

Arusha Rural District Arusha District Council (also known as Arusha Rural District) is one of the seven districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Longido District, to the east by Meru District, to the south by Kilimanjaro Region, and t ...

in the east 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 African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

. It is bordered to the north by

Mlangarini Mlangarini is an administrative ward in the Arumeru 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 Afric ...

, to the south by

Bwawani Bwawani is an administrative ward in the Arusha Rural 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 A ...

, and to the east by Kikwe ward of the Meru District. The ward covers an area of with an average elevation of . In 2012 national census there were 12,042 people in the ward, from 10,316 in 2002 when it was part of the former

Arumeru District Arumeru District (Meru District and Arusha Rural District) is a former district in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It was bordered to the north, west, and southwest by Monduli District, to the southeast by the city of Arusha, and to the east by ...

. The ward has . The Nduruma River flows from near the top of Mount Meru down to Nduruma. There are three groups of farmers on the river in competition for the water rights of the river. Local small scale farmers on the upper and lower parts of the river, and international large corporations farm the middle part of the river near Arusha city which is called Plastic Valley because of their many large greenhouse farms. The middle part of the river has been owned by

Europeans Europeans are the focus of European ethnology, the field of anthropology related to the various ethnic groups that reside in the states of Europe. Groups may be defined by common genetic ancestry, common language, or both. Pan and Pfeil (2004) ...

since the

Germans , native_name_lang = de , region1 = , pop1 = 72,650,269 , region2 = , pop2 = 534,000 , region3 = , pop3 = 157,000 3,322,405 , region4 = , pop4 = ...

arrived in the 1800s. After

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

the

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

took over the farms. Today they are owned mostly by Dutch companies who now grow flowers there.

References

Wards of Arusha District Wards of Arusha Region {{Arusha-geo-stub