Why Mt. Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania?

Mt. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa. Climbing Kilimanjaro is a must-do challenge for almost every trekker and mountaineer in the world. Mount Kilimanjaro lies on the border of Tanzania and Kenya, just south of the Equator. It was formed 750, 000 years ago and is made up of three extinct volcanoes – Kibo (5 895m), Mawenzi (5 149m) and the Shira Plateau (3 962m). Kibo is the best preserved centre; it has three concentric craters and the outer crater rim rises to Uhuru Point – the chief summit. Mount Kilimanjaro is divided into five distinct zones, starting with cultivated farmlands on the lowest levels. Higher up is the rainforest zone, followed by heath and moorland with alpine vegetation. Just before the barren, snowy summit is highland desert. Compared to Mt. Kenya Africa’s highest mountain Kilimanjaro is arelatively easy climb and the main summit of Uhuru peak (5895m) can bereached by most climbers. The mountain, though the highest is relativelya boring climb with not much scenery or change in landscape. The origin of the name Kilimanjaro still remains a mystery and is thought mean agreat hill in Kiswahili. It is also thought that Mount Kilimanjaro once belonged to Kenya up until the division of the British empire in eastAfrica when the Queen of England altered the border of the two nations toaccommodate the mountain onto Tanzania. After that local history has itthat the presidents of the two nations agreed on a trade; MountKilimanjaro will be part of Kenya if Kenya hand over Mombasa to Tanzaniawhich did not happen as Kenya would loose a strategic port and its secondlargest city.