Usangi

Usangi - Northern

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. Usangi is part of North Pare which consists of Usangi and

Ugweno Ugweno (or ''Vughonu'' to its inhabitants) is located within the Mwanga District, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania, Africa. It is situated at 3° 39' 0" South and 37° 39' 0" East in the Pare Mountains. The people who live in Ugweno are known as Wagweno ...

. Usangi is located between

in the north and ''Mgagao'' in Southern Pare. To the west it borders with Mwanga, the current administrative headquarters of

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, and to the east it faces the

border with

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. Usangi is located on the Pare Mountain ranges which lead up to the

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mountain to the north. The Usangi Kingdom was ruled by the ''Sangi'' rulers referred to as ''Wafumwa'' (''Fumwa'' being the root word. The rulers ranged from ''Mfumwa'' Sangiwa Makoko who died in 1881 up to ''Mfumwa'' Shabani Mtengeti Sangiwa who ruled until 1962 when traditional rule was abolished following the independence of Tanganyika in 1961. The Kingdom was briefly ruled by a non-''Sangi'' ruler, ''Mfumwa'' Sabuni, before the ''Sangi'' reclaimed it and ''Mfumwa'' Shabani was crowned. Geography of Tanzania {{Tanzania-geo-stub