Lushoto is a town in the

Usambara Mountains The Usambara Mountains of northeastern Tanzania in tropical East Africa, comprise the easternmost ranges of the Eastern Arc Mountains. The ranges are approximately long and about half that wide, and they are situated in the Lushoto District ...

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 ...

. It is the capital of

Lushoto District Lushoto is one of the eleven districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. It is bordered to the northeast by Kenya, to the east by the Muheza District, to the northwest by the Kilimanjaro Region, west by Korogwe District and to the south by the Bumbu ...

Tanga Region Tanga Region () is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions of Tanzania, regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Burundi. The regional capital is the municipalit ...

. The 2012 national census estimated the population of Lushoto ward at 28,190. The

Irente School for the Blind Girls Irente School for the Blind Girls was founded in 1963 by the Lutheran Church in the Usambara Mountains in Lushoto, Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes regi ...

is located in Lushoto, built by the Lutheran Church in 1963.

History

During German colonial rule, Lushoto was known as Wilhelmstal (William's Valley) and was named after Emperor

Wilhelm II Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until Abdication of Wilhelm II, his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as th ...

. The German politician,

Kai-Uwe von Hassel Kai-Uwe von Hassel (21 April 1913 – 8 May 1997) was a German politician from Schleswig-Holstein associated with the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as minister-president, Minister President of S ...

was born here in 1913.

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Tanga Region