ruhi
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Napenda kujua ni kwa namna gani wajerumani walitumia kuyapa majina haya maeneo ya Tanganyika enzi za ukoloni majina ya kijerumani?
German placenames
Most place names in German East Africa continued to bear German spellings of the local names, such as Udjidji for Ujiji and Kilima-Ndscharo or Kilimandscharo for Mount Kilimanjaro. (Kigoma was known for a time as Rutschugi.) The few exceptions to the rule included
German placenames
Most place names in German East Africa continued to bear German spellings of the local names, such as Udjidji for Ujiji and Kilima-Ndscharo or Kilimandscharo for Mount Kilimanjaro. (Kigoma was known for a time as Rutschugi.) The few exceptions to the rule included
- Wilhelmstal or Wilhelmsdorf (Lushoto) on the Pangani River in the northeast of the country
- Neu-Hornow (Shume) in the Pare Mountains in the northeast of the country
- Bismarckburg (Kasanga) on the southeastern end of Lake Tanganyika
- Wissmannhafen (Wißmannhafen), its port
- Gottorp or Neu-Gottorp (Uvinza) near the northeastern end
- Langenburg and Neu-Langenburg (Tukuyu) north of Lake Nyasa
- Altlangenburg (Ikombe)
- Neu-Langenburg (Lumbira)
- Weidhafen (Manda) and Sphinxhafen (Liuli) on the eastern shore
- St. Moritz (Galula)
- Kirondathal (Kirondatal) and Sachsenwald (Sekende), two gold mines
- Neu-Trier (Mbulu)
- Neu-Bonn (Mikese)
- Neu-Bethel (Mnazi)
- Mariahilf (Igulwa)
- Marienthal (Ushetu)
- Emmaberg (Ilembule)
- Kaiseraue (Kazimzumbwi)
- Leudorf (Leganga)
- Friedberg (Nyakanazi)
- Fischerstadt (Rombo)
- Peterswerft (Nansio)
- Bergfrieden (Mibirizi)
- Hohenfriedeberg (Mlalo)
- Hoffnungshöh (Kizarawe)