Chapter 864 Morogoro City
Regarding the location of the new capital, Ernst has been hesitant, but this is normal. After all, moving the capital is an important national policy, and the central region that Ernst is more optimistic about is relatively weak in development compared with the eastern region. For now, the central region has The forest coverage rate exceeds 70%, so one can imagine the local construction situation.
Of course, this data is not statistics from East Africa. Currently, the East African government does not have the time to collect statistics on national forest conditions. The forest coverage rate in East Africa is very high. Even in Somalia, large tracts of forest can be found to the west. Now the forestry resources in the Congo Basin account for the entire More than half of Africa.
Of course, due to the development of East Africa, the forest area in East Africa has been decreasing rapidly. However, Africa has been close to untapped forest resources for thousands of years. East Africa has been developing for dozens of years and may not bottom out for hundreds of years. After all, East Africa itself has been deforestation. While trees will also be planted and introduced, some fine tree species will be planted.
This is very common in East African cities. East African cities generally attach great importance to greening, which is very different from current European cities, so even Dar es Salaam can see many parks, street trees and green belts.
The contrast with highly industrialized cities such as Berlin is particularly obvious. In the city center of Berlin, where land is at a premium, there are very few green plants. Apart from the buildings on the roadside, there are only solitary street lights.
This has also led Europeans who have stayed in Dar es Salaam and Mombasa to call the two cities "Green Cities". In fact, most cities in East Africa use the two cities as templates, and their development is similar, except that foreigners can The only famous East African cities are Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, and if you add one more, it will be the New Hamburg Port.
Maputo is also relatively well-known, mainly due to its brief fame during the South African War, but its urban construction is very different from other cities in East Africa.
Of course, cities in the 19th century were dominated by the aesthetics of industrial violence. Steel bars, cement and concrete are more pleasing to the eye in the current era. London, New York, Berlin, and Paris are all the same. In contrast, East Africa is an alien.
Of course, Berlin's environment looks much better than Paris and London, because Berlin is larger and has a much smaller population density than Paris and London.
Just like the black smoke in a factory, Ernst would think of "pollution" when he saw it, but in the current era, it seems to be the smell of "industrialization", such as the Seine River in Paris, France, and the black water flowing in the Thames River in London, England. , and is a symbol of the "civilized era".
However, cities that have undergone industrialization cannot avoid these problems. East Africa only tries to avoid some problems that are visible to the naked eye. For example, the air in First Town and Soga City is visibly cleaner than Dar es Salaam, unlike 19 Century modern city, more like a large town.
In addition, the public infrastructure of large cities in East Africa is also more sufficient than other cities, mainly reflected in roads, parks, public toilets, sewer networks, etc.
Of course, this is only reflected in a few large cities in East Africa. Emerging cities or areas with poor economic levels are another matter. However, as time goes by, the future will definitely be in line with these large cities.
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August 1893.
What is the specific situation in the central part of the country? It is better to see it to believe it, so Ernst decided to go to the central part of the country for an inspection.
As the train started, Ernst's inspection tour officially began. Along the railway line to the west, the area around the first town was full of scenes that Ernst was familiar with.
In recent years, as the national power of East Africa has increased, the development of the eastern region has also become more and more perfect. From the first town to Morogoro, rice fields, reservoirs and villages abound, and relatively smooth roads can be seen. Today, the first town is In the city-centered area, the hardening work on the main arterial roads has been completed.
Soon the train arrived at the city of Morogoro. Morogoro is the only sizable city between the First Town and Dodoma. Although it is not as good as the eastern coastal area, it is also a relatively well-developed area in the inland area. .
“The most famous thing about Morogoro is the Central Canal Project. This is the main area where the Western Line Project of the Central Canal passes. The reason why Morogoro can develop rapidly is due to the development of local transportation, including railways and highways. , a trinity of canals, connected to the eastern urban agglomeration, located at the foothills of Uluguru Mountain, is the agricultural center of the region, and is also one of the country's major sisal, timber and rubber processing centers..." the accompanying Minister of Commerce John Lear introduced Ernst.
As a city under the jurisdiction of the Central Province, Morogoro has a relatively prominent position in East Africa. It is a regional transportation hub. It is surrounded by Ulugulu Mountain to the south and Udzungwa Mountain on the edge of the East African Plateau to the west. A mountainous plain that merges into the coastal plain of East Africa in the north.
Therefore, Morogoro has mountains and water, and because it is located south of the equator, according to the Far Eastern Empire, it is a typical land of mountains and yang and water and yin.
There are still some differences in the latitudes between East Africa and the Far Eastern Empire. Most of East Africa is located in the southern hemisphere, so the Feng Shui of Morogoro is opposite to that of the Far Eastern Empire, and the opposite is true for the land north of the equator.
Ernst listened to the introduction of his subordinates with relish. How local development can get obvious results from the outside. Morogoro is smaller than the first town in size, but it is not much different. The first town As the administrative center of East Africa, the city is actually not very large and can only be considered a medium-sized city.
Morogoro is mainly engaged in the processing of agricultural products and also has some transportation functions, so it has developed to this point, which is relatively good. In terms of the scale of Morogoro, it is even larger than the provincial capitals in many backward areas in East Africa. Develop better.
This is easy to understand. After the canal is connected, Morogoro is actually more closely connected with several cities in the east. With transportation such as railways, Morogoro is about 100 kilometers away from several cities in the east. This distance Almost negligible.
At the same time, Morogoro is the only city in the western part of the Central Province that can effectively accept the transfer of industries from the east. It is also conducive to concentrating resources in the western part of the Central Province. For example, local dominant crops, sisal, rubber, timber, etc. are all in Morogoro. Goro is concentrated, and after preliminary processing, a large part of the raw materials for industrial development sent to the east, especially Dar es Salaam, comes from Morogoro.
Moreover, the resources of Morogoro can also be radiated to the city of Dodoma in the west through railways. Although Dodoma is not far from Morogoro, the climate conditions between the two are very different, especially the rainfall.
Most areas of Morogoro are located on the windward slope of the southeast trade wind, so precipitation is very abundant. However, the precipitation in Dodoma City is one of the depressions in the entire eastern East Africa. Coupled with the plateau climate, the temperature is also higher than that of Morogoro. Rogoro is on the low side.
Therefore, this has made Morogoro one of the largest rubber and timber producing areas in the intersection of the East African coastal plain and the East African plateau.
Moreover, the rubber and forestry resources in East Africa are mainly concentrated in and around the Congo Basin, which is deep inland. This makes Morogoro and other places the closest major rubber producing areas to the eastern coastal areas, especially Dar es Salaam.
Coupled with the fact that it controls the important railway corridor between the East African Plateau and the eastern coastal plain, Morogoro's future development potential is not bad.
It is worth mentioning that the first experimental hydropower station in East Africa was built in Morogoro City, so in the future, Morogoro City’s power will also be at the forefront of various cities in East Africa.
It is located at the intersection of the East African Plateau and the Coastal Plain, with large terrain differences and abundant rainfall, so it has great potential for hydropower in the future. In the past, the Tanzanian government built a large hydropower station near the area to supply Dar es Salaam.