Terrat is a ward and village in the

Simanjiro Simanjiro District is one of the six districts of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Arusha Region, to the north east by Kilimanjaro Region, to the south east by Tanga Region, to the south by Kiteto District, to the so ...

district about 80 km from Arusha in Tanzania. The population in the area is Maasai who regularly gather in the village for its market where animals, cloths, kitchen utensils etc. are sold. The buildings in the village are one-storeyed, mostly cement walled with corrugated iron roofs, scattered at the banks of a small river. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a population of 8,586.

Conservation

Terrat lies in the

Simanjiro Plains Simanjiro District is one of the six districts of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Arusha Region, to the north east by Kilimanjaro Region, to the south east by Tanga Region, to the south by Kiteto District, to ...

, an important wet-season grazing area between Tarangire National Park and

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. Expanding crop production has come in conflict with wildlife, leading to government restrictions on cultivation in the plains. Terrat has been at the center of the

Simanjiro Conservation Easement The Simanjiro Conservation Easement is a novel payment for ecosystem services scheme in the Simanjiro Plains of Tanzania, an important wet-season grazing area between Tarangire National Park and Mount Kilimanjaro. This contractual agreement betwe ...

, a novel

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scheme, since 2008. This contractual agreement between the village and a consortium of tourism vendors obligates villagers to forgo agricultural activities in some areas in return for annual cash payments of 5 million Tanzanian shillings (US$3000 or €2300 as of January 2013).

Notable people

* James Ole Millya, former

Longido Longido is a small town and ward in Arusha Region in Tanzania. It is the administrative seat for Longido District. Most of the inhabitants are Maasai, but there are other East African tribes as well. Longido is at the foot of Mount Longido, which ...

District Commissioner. * Martin Kariongi Ole Sanago, founder and former CEO of the

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Development projects

The NGO

has a variety of activities in the village. One project is an FM radio station Orkonerei FM Radio Service, broadcasting primarily in Maa and

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. The radio station went on air in 2003 and is partly funded by the

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.SIDA In 2009 the group began building a Jatropha-fired electrical power plant in Terrat. The project was funded by the Netherlands.

Economic activities

The main economic activities within village are livestock keeping, small scale farming and normal trading of goods and services. There are small retail shops, small restaurants, bars, welding workshops and carpentry workshops. There is also one petrol station serving the village and the ward situated along the Arusha to

Kiteto Kiteto District is one of the six districts of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Simanjiro District, to the east by the Tanga Region and to the south and west by the Dodoma Region. The district headquarters are l ...

road which passes through Terrat village.

Notes

References

*SIDA
Development Cooperation for Democracy and Social Development
* * * * Populated places in Manyara Region Wards of Manyara Region {{Manyara-geo-stub