Kibosho

Kingdom of Kibosho
Isarile ya Kibosho (Kikibosho)
c.1700s–1962
Map of the Kingdom of Kibosho and its chiefdoms c1880s.
StatusKingdom
Common languages
Official language
Kikibosho
Unofficial minority languages
Chagga, Swahili,Pare,Shambaa
Religion
GovernmentMonarchy
Mangi (King) 
 c.1700s
Mangi yasanya
 c.1750s
Mangi Orio
 c.1780s
Mangi Kimboka
 c.1790s
Mangi Iringo
 c.Mid 1790s
Mangi Iweri
 c.1800s
Mangi Kirenga
 c.1850s
Mangi Kashenge
 c.1861-1862
Mangi Tatua
 c.1862-c.1865
Mangi Ngaluma
 c.1860s-1870s
Mangi Lokila
 c.1870-1875
Mamka of Kibosho
 c.1870s-1897
Mangi Sina
 1897-1900
Mangi Molelia
 1900-1911
Mangi Sianga
 1911 -1917
Mangi Malamya
Historical era
c.1700s
6 December 1962
 Formal abdication
6 December 1962
Area
1890s89.25 km2 (34.46 sq mi)
Population
 1880s
~30,000
 1900s
~10,000
Currency
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Chagga Chiefdoms
Tanganyika
Today part of Tanzania
Area and population not including colonial possessions
PersonMkibosho
PeopleWakibosho
LanguageKikibosho
CountryKibosho

Kibosho or Kingdom of Kibosho also sometimes referred to as Old Kibosho (Isarile la Kibosho in Kikibosho), (Ufalme wa Kibosho in Swahili) was a historic sovereign Chagga state located in modern-day Kibosho ward in Moshi Rural District of Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania. Kibosho was situated on Mount Kilimanjaro to the west of the Karanga River. The word Mangi means king in the Chagga languages. Kibosho country's inhabitants spoke Kikibosho, one of seven dialects of the Chagga language groups' West Kilimanjaro language.