Mto wa Mbu

Mto wa Mbu is a small town in Tanzania in the Great Rift Valley at the entrance of Lake Manyara National Park about 90 km north- west of Arusha and has about 20.000 inhabitants ( 2007 estimate ), as last officially 16,068 inhabitants ( 2002 census ).

Population

The town lies at the intersection of the African population movements, so here are members of almost all ( about 120 ) are peoples of Tanzania. It is certain that all four pan-African language families: Bantu, Nilotic, Cushitic and Khoisan are represented in the city and the immediate vicinity of the resident population. This is unique for the whole continent. In addition, the conditional through the rain tourism influx of people from across the country.

Importance

The place was originally a small fishing village on Lake Manyara. The name in Swahili "river of mosquitoes " and thus describes the abundance of water with the consequent depending on the season strongly occurring mosquitoes. With the establishment of the national park, the emergence of a market town began, the market held daily supplied the population of a wide surrounding area. The - now paved - main road from Arusha to Karatu and continue to Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti passing through the place, which means that all tourists pass through it on their safaris. There were therefore numerous hotels of all price ranges, several campsites and souvenir shops located, which are the main employers in the meantime. There are multiple daily bus to Arusha.

Swell

- 3.3535.85Koordinaten: 3 ° 21 ' S, 35 ° 51 ' E

• Location in Tanzania
• Arusha Region
• Place in Africa