Longido or Longido Town (''Kata na Mji wa Lingido'' in Swahili) is an administrative ward and district capital located in the

Longido District Longido District (''Wilaya ya Longido'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of seven Districts of Tanzania, districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The district is bordered to the east by the Ngorongoro District, to the south west by the Mo ...

of the

Arusha Region Arusha Region () is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions and is located in the northeast of the country. The region's capital and largest city is the city of Arusha. The region is bordered by Kajiado County and Narok C ...

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

. The ward is bordered to the south on three sides by Orbomba ward and to the north by Kimokouwa ward. It is the administrative seat for

. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 2,241. Longido is at the foot of Mount Longido.

History

On 3 November 1914, German forces defeated a British Expeditionary Force near Longido at the

Battle of Kilimanjaro The Battle of Kilimanjaro at Longido took place in German East Africa in November 1914 and was an early skirmish during the East African Campaign of the First World War. Background The British conquest of German East Africa was planned as a ...

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

Anyolite Anyolite is a metamorphic rock composed of intergrown green zoisite, black/dark green pargasite and ruby.http://www.mindat.org/min-27151.html Mindat It has been found in the Arusha Region of Tanzania and in Austria. It is sometimes incorrectly adv ...

was first discovered at the

Mundarara Mine } Mundarara is an administrative ward in the Longido District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The ward covers an area of , and has an average elevation of . According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 7,301. the mineral An ...

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

Monduli District 'Monduli District (''Wilaya ya Monduli'', in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of seven Districts of Tanzania, districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Longido District, to the east by Arusha Rural District, to t ...

Administration

The postal code for Longido Ward is ''23501''. The ward is divided into the following neighborhoods (''mitaa''): * Londigo * Madukani * Shuleni

Government

The ward, like every other ward in the country, has local government offices based on the population served. The Longido Ward administration building houses a court as per the Ward Tribunal Act of 1988, including other vital departments for the administration the ward. The ward has the following administration offices: * Longido Ward Police Station * Longido Ward Government Office (''Afisa Mtendaji, Kata ya Longido'') * Longido Ward Tribunal (''Baraza La Kata'') is a Department inside Ward Government Office In the local government system of Tanzania, the ward is the smallest democratic unit. Each ward is composed of a committee of eight elected council members which include a chairperson, one salaried officer (with no voting rights), and an executive officer. One-third of seats are reserved for women councillors.

Education and health

Education

The home to these educational institutions: * Longido Secondary School * Longido Modern Primary School * Oltepes Primary School

Healthcare

The ward is home to the following health institutions: *Longido Health Center

References

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