Terrat

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Terrat is a ward and village in the Simanjiro districts about 80 km from Arusha in Tanzania. The ward has approximately 14,000 inhabitants[1]. The population in the area is Maasai who regularly gather in the village for it’s market where animals, cloths, kitchen utensils etc. are sold. The buildings in the village are one-storeyed, mostly cement walled with corrugated iron roofs, scattered at the banks of a small river.

Ilaramatak Lorkonerei building in Terrat
Ilaramatak Lorkonerei building in Terrat

The NGO Ilaramatak Lorkonerei, with its head quarters in Arusha, has a variety of activities in the village, most notably the FM radio station Orkonerei FM Radio Service, broadcasting primarily in Maa and Swahili. The radio station went on air in 2003 and is partly funded by SIDA[2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Simanjiro District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census[1]
  2. ^ Development Cooperation for Democracy and Social Development[2]

Coordinates: 3°52′S 36°36′E / -3.867, 36.6