Nduruma, is a administrative ward in

Arusha Rural District Arusha District or Arusha District Council (''Wilaya ya Arusha '', in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of the seven districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The district is bordered to the north by Longido District, to the east by Arumeru Di ...

in the east

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. 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, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda ...

, to the south by Bwawani, and to the east by Kikwe ward of the

Meru District Meru District, officially the Meru District Council (''Wilaya ya Meru'', in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of seven Districts of Tanzania, districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania.The District is bordered to the north by Longido District, to ...

. 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 Districts of Tanzania, 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 Arus ...

. The ward has . The Nduruma River flows from near the top of

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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 Arusha is a city in Tanzania. The city is the Capital city, capital of the Arusha Region. It has a population of 617,631 people.

city which is called Plastic Valley because of their many large greenhouse farms. The middle part of the river has been owned by

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since the

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arrived in the 1800s. After

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the

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took over the farms. Today they are owned mostly by

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companies who now grow flowers there.

References

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