In
Iringa there are several institutions of higher education, among them Tumaini
University – Iringa University College, Mkwawa University College of
Education a constituent college of University of Dar
es Salaam, and Ruaha University College under catholic church and constituent
college of Saint Augustine University of Tanzania. Schools include Tosamaganga
High School, Ruaha Secondary School.
CLIMATE
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Climate data for Iringa
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Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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Average high °C (°F)
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25
(77) |
25
(77) |
25
(77) |
24
(76) |
24
(75) |
23
(73) |
23
(74) |
23
(74) |
25
(77) |
27
(81) |
28
(82) |
26
(79) |
24.8
(76.8) |
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Average low °C (°F)
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15
(59) |
14
(58) |
14
(58) |
15
(59) |
14
(57) |
12
(53) |
12
(53) |
12
(53) |
12
(54) |
13
(56) |
14
(58) |
15
(59) |
13.5
(56.4) |
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Precipitation mm (inches)
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175
(6.9) |
130
(5) |
173
(6.8) |
89
(3.5) |
13
(0.5) |
3
(0.1) |
0
(0) |
0
(0) |
3
(0.1) |
5
(0.2) |
38
(1.5) |
119
(4.7) |
748
(29.3) |
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Source: Weatherbase [2]
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CRAFTS
Iringa
is famous for its woven baskets, made from local reeds. The baskets are used
across Tanzania and also exported internationally. It is also now well known
across Tanzania and elsewhere for the award winning Neema Crafts Centre
IRINGA MEDIA
Iringa
municipality has six FM radio stations and one TV station. The radios are;
Ebony FM, Country FM and Nuru FM (youth entertainment and commercial radios),
Over comers Radio and Radio Furaha (Christian radios), Kibra Ten Radio (Islamic
radio). There are other radio stations elsewhere in Iringa region, such as
Kituro community radio in Makete and the FM radio station in Njombe.
Iringa
Municipal Television is a multi-age TV station with diversified programmers’.
Hehe is a Bantu language spoken
by the Hehe people of the Iringa region of Tanzania, lying
south of the Great
Ruaha River. It was reported to have "Ngoni" features,
that is, words of a Zulu-like language introduced when conquered by a Nguni or
Zulu-like people in the early 19th century. However, other "Ngoni"
speeches seem to have lost most of these distinctive features over the past
150-odd years, the language more resembling those of the neighbouring peoples.
In 1977 it was estimated that 190,000 people spoke Hehe. There has been some Bible
translation (British and Foreign Bible Society). Hehe may be mutually
intelligible with Bena.
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