Loliondo | |
Nickname: | Ngorongoro's capital |
Settlement Type: | Town in Ngorongoro District |
Coordinates: | -2.0535°N 35.6183°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Arusha Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Ngorongoro District |
Subdivision Type3: | Wards |
Subdivision Name3: | Orgosorok |
Established Title: | Town |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Postal Code Type: | Tanzanian Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 23701 |
Demographics Type1: | Ethnic groups |
Demographics1 Title1: | Settler |
Demographics1 Info1: | Swahili, Maasai & Arusha |
Demographics1 Title2: | Ancestral |
Demographics1 Info2: | Sonjo |
Loliondo (Mji wa Loliondo in Swahili) is an administrative town in Orgosorok ward of the Ngorongoro District in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is the seat of the Ngorongoro District. In northern Tanzania, Loliondo is situated along the ridges of the Great Rift Valley. It is surrounded by hundreds of kilometers of lush, verdant forest. With Kenya's Maasai Mara in the north, the arid Longido Hills in the east, the Serengeti in the west, Ngorongoro Crater in the south. [1]