Longido

Longido
Longido ; Mji wa Wajuba
	Town and ward
	Shops on the main road running through Longido. Mount Longido can be seen behind, however the peak isn't visible from here.
	Longido
	Coordinates: 2°43′57″S 36°41′54″E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Arusha Region
District	Longido District
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
UFI	-2566800

Longido[1] 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 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 village is by a private generator.

History

A 1928 ascent of Mount Longido was described in Vivienne de Watteville's book Speak to the Earth (1935).

Anyolite was first discovered at the Mundarara Mine near Longido in 1954.

In 2007, Longido became the capital of Longido District, which was formed out of part of Monduli District.

Ward status

In addition to the town of Longido, the ward includes the village of Engikareti.[2]

Notes

Longido (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
"Postcodes Arusha Region 23000" (PDF). 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2012-09-01.

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[1] Longido (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

[2] "Postcodes Arusha Region 23000" (PDF). 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2012-09-01.