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==Historia==
After their stunning defeat at Lugalo by the Hehe who were led by [[Chief Mkwawa]], the Germans built a military station in at ' Neu Iringa' order to revenge the death of their commander Emil Von Zelewski and to teach the Hehe respect for German authority. The fortress and headquarters of Chief Mkwawa was situated in the nearby village of [[Kalenga]], Alt Iringa. The town stretches along a hilltop overlooking the Ruaha River to the south, and spreads along ridges and valleys to the north. The altitude of the town's environs is more than {{convert|1550|m|ft}} above [[sea level]]. The months of June, July, and August can see low temperatures near freezing. The [[Tanzam Highway]] passes through the valley below the town; the highway distance from Iringa's limits to [[Dar es Salaam]] is {{convert|502|km|mi|sp=us}}, via [[Morogoro]]. The [[Isimila Stone Age site]], which lies about {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the southwest, contains archeological artifacts, particularly stone tools, from human habitation about 70,000 years ago.{{citation needed|date=December 2010}}
[[Iringa Urban]] Municipality is the administrative designation of the Municipality of Iringa.
In Iringa there are several institutions of higher education, among them Tumaini University – [[Iringa University College]], [[Mkwawa University College of Education]] a constituent college of University of Dar es Salaam, and Ruaha University College under catholic church and constituent college of Saint Augustine University of Tanzania. Schools include Tosamaganga High School and [[Ruaha
==Artesanía==
Iringa es conocida por sus cestos, tejidos con juncos locales, que se comercializan en toda Tanzania y que incluso llegan a exportarse al extranjero. En 2003, la diócesis de Ruaha fundó el Centro de Artesanía Neema, conocido en inglés como [http://www.neemacrafts.com Neema Crafts Centre], que enseña a personas con discapacidad las técnicas artesanales tradicionales, brindándoles así un empleo y, con ello, oportunidades para integrarse en la sociedad y vencer el estigma que la discapacidad todavía suele llevar aparejada en Tanzania.
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