Mahenge

Mahenge is limestone plateau vicinity within the Ulanga District, Morogoro Region, Tanzania, Africa. There is a metropolis there of the identical name. It is ready south east of Singida, within the miombo woodland bio-region. There is a wooded area reserve that begins eight km from Mahenge town, known as the Mahenge Scarp Catchment Forest Reserve, hooked up in 1954. This wooded area has been closely encroached upon for unlawful logging and a planned graphite manufacturing unit.

There is likewise some mining of ruby gemstones. There is a health center, a marketplace, and primary schools. A Catholic Capuchin venture turned into set up around 1897, and there is now a St. Francis Kasita Seminary at Mahenge. The Diocese of Mahenge become established in 1964. About 60 percentage of the populace are Catholic Christians. It is a place very wealthy in ancient kimberlite crater lakes which yield many Paleogene fossils. Many new discoveries had been made there. In slaving instances, the Mahenge place become infamous as the home of slave hunters. The capital of the East African Republic become to start with installed in 1919 at Mahenge, because the area transitioned from German to British rule however then moved to Dar es Salaam.