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Moshi is a Tanzanian municipality〔("Moshi municipality submits proposal for City status", ''Daily News - Online Edition'', 18 April 2012 )〕 with a population of 184,292 according to the 2012 census.〔(Population Distribution by Administrative Units, United Republic of Tanzania, 2013 )〕 The municipality is in the Kilimanjaro Region and is situated on the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano that is the highest mountain in Africa. The municipality covers about and is the smallest municipality in Tanzania by area.〔(Moshi Municipal Council - Background )〕 Many people from the Chagga and Pare ethnic groups live in Moshi, which lies on the east-west A23 Arusha–Himo road connecting Arusha and Voi, Kenya. Just to the east of Moshi is the intersection with the B1 north–south road eventually connecting with Tanga and Dar es Salaam. Moshi is often considered the cleanest town in Tanzania.〔(''Solid Waste Management in the World's Cities'', United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT), 2010 )〕 ==History and administration== Germany established a military camp in Moshi (''Neu-Moschi'') in August 1893.〔 The northern line railroad reached Moshi in 1912.〔(''A Modern History of Tanganyika'', authored by John Iliffe, 1979, accessed 4 November 2014 )〕 Moshi attained the status of a town in 1956.〔 In 1988, it became a municipality under Tanzanian law, but as of 31 October 2014, the process for submitting its application to become a city was in its final stages.〔("Moshi quest for city status well underway", ''Daily News'', reported by Deus Ngowi, 31 October 2014, accessed 2 November 2014 )〕 Moshi is divided administratively into 21 wards and then subdivided into 60 hamlets.〔 The municipal budget of Moshi in fiscal year 2012/2013 was estimated to be 22.2 billion Tanzanian shillings or US $14.1 million at an exchange rate of 1,575 shillings per dollar.〔(Moshi Municipal Council, LGA Budget Summary, Prime Minister's Office, United Republic of Tanzania, accessed 9 November 2014 )〕 Actual expenditures for that year were 20.3 billion shillings.〔 The budget for the 2014/2015 fiscal year is 57.3 billion Tanzanian shillings or US $33.7 million at an exchange rate of 1,700 shillings per dollar.〔("Moshi Municipal Council passes 57billion/- budget", ''24Tanzania'', 8 January 2014, accessed 9 November 2014 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moshi, Tanzania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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