Elevation of Mwanga, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Mwanga, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania is 427 m (1,401 ft) above sea level.

Mwanga's height from sea level is 427 metres, or 1,401 feet. GeoNames reads 414 m at the same point (SRTM).

Ground within 5 km

406 m – 2,179 m

Mean 682 m across the 10.2 km square centred on the town, 1,773 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

16th of 16

among the towns of Kilimanjaro, and 415th of 482 in Tanzania.

Nearest town

9.1 km to the E, at 1,590 m, 1,163 m higher.

Cross-section through Mwanga

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.7 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Mwanga; the vertical scale is the same on both.

2,027290WE28.7 km
West to east: from 523 m at 14 km west to 1,670 m at 14 km east.
2,027290NS28.7 km
North to south: from 1,868 m at 14 km north to 513 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Mwanga, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 60 km across, north up; the ring marks the town.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.

Towns near Mwanga

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Lushoto (Tanga) 9.1 kmE 1,590 m (5,217 ft) +1,163 m
Makuyuni 13.3 kmNW 458 m (1,503 ft) +31 m
Lang'ata 17.3 kmNW 440 m (1,444 ft) +13 m
Manolo (Tanga) 21.2 kmN 1,889 m (6,198 ft) +1,462 m
Handei (Tanga) 36.5 kmSE 1,116 m (3,661 ft) +689 m

Where Mwanga is

Latitude -4.8, longitude 38.2. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Mwanga elevation: 427 m (1,401 ft) above sea level

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About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Mwanga's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 414 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep.