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Himo, Tanzania

Field	Value
name	Himo
settlement_type	Town
image_skyline	Aerial Photo of Himo, Tanzania.jpg
image_caption	Aerial view of Himo
pushpin_map	Tanzania
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Tanzania
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Kilimanjaro Region
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Moshi District Council
subdivision_type3	Ward
subdivision_name3	Makuyuni
timezone1	East Africa Time
utc_offset1	3
postal_code_type	Postcode
postal_code	25223
website

Himo is a town in the Makuyuni ward of Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania.

Location

Himo is located at . Its growth in the 1980s was boosted when it became the centre of a thriving smuggling trade across the Kenyan border.

Himo is a central point town of the Moshi district. It is about 29 km east of Moshi and about 15 km from the Kenyan border and the town of Taveta. Himo is the start of the road north to Marangu, which is near the start of the Marangu Route to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Himo started to thrive in the 1950s with the arrival of the Moshi Trading company where they built a local railway system to work in the sisal plantations nearby. At that time some of the prominent Indian and Arab merchants made a foothold on the business and some are still present to this day.

References

Diyamett, B.D.. (2001). "The Case of Himo and Its Region, Northern Tanzania". International Institute for Environment and Development.
Tacoli, Cecilia. (2002). "Changing Rural-Urban Interactions in Sub-Saharan Africa and Their Impact on Livelihoods: A Summary". International Institute for Environment and Development.

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