Global Information Lookup Global Information

Taita Hills information


The Taita Hills, sometimes also spelled as Teita Hills, are a mountain range located in the Taita-Taveta County in south-eastern Kenya. The hills consist of three massifs: Dawida, Sagalla in the southern side of Voi township and Kasigau in the south near the border of Tanzania. The Dawida massif is the largest and tallest of the three, with an altitude of 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea level at its highest peak, Vuria. Dawida has three other main peaks: Iyale, Wesu, and Susu.[1]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BirdLife was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

and 25 Related for: Taita Hills information

Request time (Page generated in 0.76 seconds.)

Taita Hills

Last Update:

The Taita Hills, sometimes also spelled as Teita Hills, are a mountain range located in the Taita-Taveta County in south-eastern Kenya. The hills consist...

Word Count : 695

Taita people

Last Update:

Saghalla; and the Wakasighau, who lived around the Kasighau massif of the Taita Hills. The Saghalla people speak Kisaghala, which is closely related to Kigiriama...

Word Count : 886

Taita

Last Update:

Taita language, a Bantu language Taitā, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt City Taita Hills, a mountain range in Kenya Taita Cushitic languages, an extinct...

Word Count : 185

Taita Hills Association

Last Update:

Taita Hills Association (THA) was a political organization established around the issue of land alienations in Taita Taveta District. It was established...

Word Count : 169

Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary

Last Update:

Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary is a privately owned wildlife sanctuary and national park in Kenya established in 1972 by Hilton international. It is located...

Word Count : 105

Boulengerula taitana

Last Update:

names: Taita African caecilian, Taita Hills caecilian, Taita Mountains caecilian) is a species of caecilian. It is endemic to the Taita Hills region of...

Word Count : 2358

Voi

Last Update:

Taita hills, specifically Chawia hill, located between Mlegwa and Mwatate. Hurskainen, Pekka (2004). "The informal settlements of Voi". Taita Hills and...

Word Count : 985

Eastern tree hyrax

Last Update:

feature an ancient chain of isolated, relict forests, stretching from the Taita Hills of Southern Kenya to the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania. Hyraxes are...

Word Count : 755

Uluguru bushbaby

Last Update:

Mountains National Park and the Taita Hills forest reserve. The species is listed in Appendix II of CITES. The Taita Hills have become a big point of interest...

Word Count : 697

Thaumatodryinus tuukkaraski

Last Update:

This tiny insect is endemic to Kenya where it is only known from the Taita Hills. In 2015, this newly discovered species was named in direct reference...

Word Count : 367

Taita falcon

Last Update:

The Taita falcon (Falco fasciinucha) is a small falcon found in central and eastern Africa. It was first described from the Taita Hills of Kenya from...

Word Count : 1223

Taita Cushitic languages

Last Update:

Taita Cushitic is an extinct pair of South Cushitic languages, spoken by Cushitic peoples inhabiting the Taita Hills of Kenya, before they were assimilated...

Word Count : 549

Kinyongia boehmei

Last Update:

chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae, found only in the Taita Hills of southeastern Kenya. It is the smallest species in the East African...

Word Count : 480

Eastern Arc Mountains

Last Update:

Kenya and Tanzania. The chain runs from northeast to southwest, with the Taita Hills being in Kenya and the other ranges being in Tanzania. They are delimited...

Word Count : 490

Taita language

Last Update:

Taita is a Bantu language spoken in the Taita Hills of Kenya. It is closely related to the Chaga languages of Kenya and Tanzania. The Saghala (Northern...

Word Count : 244

Taita thrush

Last Update:

bird from the family of thrushes (Turdidae), endemic to the Taita Hills in Kenya. The Taita thrush was previously classified as subspecies of the olive...

Word Count : 444

Savanna

Last Update:

Acacia savanna, Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, Kenya....

Word Count : 4800

Eastern dwarf galago

Last Update:

cocos and P. granti are of least concern. The Taita mountain dwarf galago, found in the Taita Hills, is unclassified. Based on vocalizations, it may...

Word Count : 549

Ngangao Forest

Last Update:

is one of the few remaining indigenous cloud forest fragments of the Taita Hills, Kenya. It is located on a rock surrounded by the villages of Makandenyi...

Word Count : 229

Wadawida

Last Update:

part. The Wadawida people or Taita as they are commonly referred, are believed to have moved into their present Taita Hills as early as the 18th century...

Word Count : 146

Tsavo East National Park

Last Update:

to Voi and Mtito Andei as well as other locations within the nearby Taita Hills. Following Kenyan independence in 1963, hunting was banned in the park...

Word Count : 1307

True thrush

Last Update:

abyssinicus Africa from South Sudan south to northern Mozambique Taita thrush Turdus helleri Taita Hills in Kenya Usambara thrush Turdus roehli Tanzania Olive thrush...

Word Count : 794

Amblyodipsas teitana

Last Update:

Amblyodipsas teitana, also known as the Taita Hills purple-glossed snake or Teitana purple-glossed snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged...

Word Count : 164

Kikuyu Central Association

Last Update:

in 1940. Campaign against female genital mutilation in Kenya, 1929-32 Taita Hills Association Muigwithania 2.0 - The original KCA publication banned by...

Word Count : 356

Eastern Arc forests

Last Update:

total of 23,800 km2 (9,200 sq. mi.) of mountainous landscape from the Taita Hills on Kenya-Tanzania border through central Tanzania to the Udzungwa Mountains...

Word Count : 549

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net