Mto Wa Mbu
Mto wa Mbu is an administrative ward and town in the Monduli district of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. According to the 2012 census, the ward had a total population of 11,405. The name Mto wa Mbu means " The river of Mosquitoes " in the Swahili Language.- Type: Town with 11,400 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Mto wa Mbu” and “متو وا مبو”
Mto Wa Mbu
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Monduli District, Arusha, Northeast Tanzania, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-3.3767° or 3° 22′ 36″ south
Longitude
35.8558° or 35° 51′ 21″ east
Population
11,400
Elevation
985 metres (3,232 feet)
Open location code
6G8QJVF4+88
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Mto Wa Mbu” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر البعوض”
- Cebuano: “Mto wa Mbu”
- Chinese: “圖瓦布鎮”
- Dutch: “Mto wa Mbu”
- Esperanto: “Mto Va Mbu”
- French: “Mto wa Mbu”
- German: “Mto wa Mbu”
- Italian: “Mto wa Mbu”
- Swahili: “Mto wa Mbu”
- Swedish: “Mto wa Mbu”
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