Kilimanjaro is located in eastern Tanzania, and at 5,895 meters above sea level, it is the tallest mountain in the world as an independent peak not belonging to a mountain range. Kilimanjaro National Park, which includes Mt. Kilimanjaro, was registered as a World Natural Heritage site in 1987 in recognition of its beautiful mountain scenery and diverse flora and fauna.
Global environmental changes are occurring here as well
This mountain is located near the equator and has a glacier at its summit. It is reported that 80% of the glaciers on the summit, which have been there for 10,000 years, have disappeared in the last 100 years due to climate change caused by global warming, and will disappear in 15 years. The Tanzanian government has also designated the area as a national park in an effort to protect the precious ecosystem of savannah and glaciers.
Kilimanjaro is known as
In Japan, many people seem to have a strong impression of Kilimanjaro as coffee. During Japan’s period of rapid economic growth and the second baby boom, canned coffee began to be sold. This is likely due to the fact that beverage manufacturers began to sell the coffee bean variety and TV commercials were aired frequently. Therefore, many people do not know that Kilimanjaro is located on the African continent.
Origin of Kilimanjaro
The name “Kilimanjaro” comes from the local language Swahili, which means “white shining mountain.
The exact name is written as kilima-njaro, which in Japanese does not begin with the letter n, so it seems to be a corruption of kili-man-ja-ro, respectively. However, it is a kanji that has existed in literature since ancient times.
