Lushoto

Lushoto
Town
An aerial view of Lushoto.
An aerial view of Lushoto.
Lushoto is located in Tanzania
Lushoto
Lushoto
Location of Lushoto
Lushoto is located in Africa
Lushoto
Lushoto
Lushoto (Africa)
Coordinates: 04°47′34″S 38°17′28″E / 4.79278°S 38.29111°E / -4.79278; 38.29111
Country Tanzania
RegionTanga Region
DistrictLushoto District
Population
 (2022 census)[1]
 • Total
34,000
Time zoneGMT + 3

Lushoto is a town in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania. It is the capital of Lushoto District, Tanga Region. The 2012 national census estimated the population of Lushoto ward at 28,190.[2]

The Irente School for the Blind Girls is located in Lushoto, built by the Lutheran Church in 1963.[3]

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & urban localities in Tanzania]
  2. ^ "Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Ojile - Echoing the Voices of the Marginalised/or Excluded in Developing African Countries - ISEC 2000". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2007-12-25.