Editing Arusha (section)

{{about|the city}}
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| name               = Arusha
| native_name        = {{native phrase|sw|Jiji la Arusha}}
| official_name      = Halmashauri ya Jiji la Arusha
| nicknames          = Arachuga, Geneva of Africa, "City of Agreements"
| settlement_type    = [[List of cities in Tanzania|City]] of [[Arusha Region]]
| motto              = Jiji la Makubaliano
| image_skyline      = Arusha City view.jpg
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| image_caption      = Arusha City in 2021
| image_flag         = Arusha City Flag (Big Flag Variant).png
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| pushpin_map        = Tanzania
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Arusha City
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| coordinates        = {{coord|03|22|S| 36|41|E|region:TZ_type:city|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_name   = [[United Republic of Tanzania]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of Tanzania|Region]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Arusha Region]]
| subdivision_type2  = City
| subdivision_name2  = Arusha City Council
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| government_type    = City council
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Hon. Maxmillian Matle Iranqhe
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| established_title  = Incorporated town
| established_date   = 1948
| established_title2 = Incorporated city
| established_date2  = July 2010
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| population_as_of   = 2022 census
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| population_total   = 617631
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| population_density_km2 = 93{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}
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| timezone           = [[East Africa Time|EAT]]
| utc_offset         = +3
| timezone_DST       = ''not observed''
| utc_offset_DST     = +3
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| elevation_m        = 1400
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| area_code          = 027
| blank_name         = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank_info         = [[Oceanic climate#Subtropical highland variety (Cfb, Cwb)|Cwb]]
| website            = {{URL|http://www.arusha.go.tz/|City website}}
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'''Arusha''' is a city in [[Tanzania]]. The city is the [[Capital city|capital]] of the [[Arusha Region]]. It has a population of 617,631 people.<ref name="pop">[http://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/cities/ Citypopulation.de] Population of the major cities in Tanzania</ref><ref name="2012 census">{{cite web|url=http://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/census2012/Census_General_Report.zip|title=''Population Distribution by Administrative Areas'', 2012 Population and Housing Census, National Bureau of Statistics, United Republic of Tanzania, 2013, page 26, accessed 1 November 2014|access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref> 

Located below [[Mount Meru (Tanzania)|Mount Meru]] on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the [[East African Rift|Great Rift Valley]], Arusha region has a temperate climate. The region is close to the [[Serengeti National Park]], the [[Ngorongoro Conservation Area]], [[Lake Manyara National Park]], [[Olduvai Gorge]], [[Tarangire National Park]], [[Mount Kilimanjaro]], and [[Mount Meru (Tanzania)|Mount Meru]] in the [[Arusha National Park]].  

The region is a major international diplomatic hub. It hosts the [[African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights|African Court]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Host Agreement Between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and the African Union |url=https://www.african-court.org/wpafc/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/3-HOST-AGREEMENT-TANZANIA-AND-AU.pdf|date=3 October 2020}}</ref> of the [[African Union]] and is the capital of the [[East African Community]]. From 1994 to 2015, the region also hosted the [[International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda]], but that entity has ceased operations. Currently, it hosts one of the branches of the [[United Nations]] [[International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals]]. 

Arusha is a multicultural region with a majority Tanzanian population of mixed backgrounds: indigenous African, Arab-Tanzanian and Indian-Tanzanian population, plus a small European and North American minority population. Religions of the Arusha region population include [[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Sikhism]] and [[Hinduism]].