Kibosho
Kingdom of Kibosho Isarile ya Kibosho (Kikibosho) | |||||||||
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| c.1700s–1962 | |||||||||
Map of the Kingdom of Kibosho and its chiefdoms c1880s. | |||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||
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| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 1890s | 89.25 km2 (34.46 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1880s | ~30,000 | ||||||||
• 1900s | ~10,000 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Tanzania | ||||||||
Area and population not including colonial possessions | |||||||||
| Person | Mkibosho |
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| People | Wakibosho |
| Language | Kikibosho |
| Country | Kibosho |
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.