Chapter 864 Morogoro City

Ernst has been hesitant about the location of the new capital, 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 less developed than the eastern region. At present, the forest coverage rate in the central region exceeds 70%, so you can imagine the local construction situation.

Of course, this data is not a statistic for East Africa. The current East African government does not have the leisure to count the national forest situation. The forest coverage rate in East Africa is very high. Even if you go west to Somalia, you can find large tracts of forest. Now the forestry resources in the Congo Basin account for more than half of the entire Africa.

Of course, due to the development of East Africa, the forest area in East Africa is now rapidly decreasing. However, Africa has been close to undeveloped forest resources for thousands of years. Even if East Africa develops for dozens or hundreds of years, it is likely that it will not reach the bottom. After all, East Africa itself will plant and introduce some excellent tree species while cutting down trees.

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. Therefore, even in Dar es Salaam, you can see many parks, roadside trees and green belts.

The contrast with highly industrialized cities such as Berlin is particularly obvious. The streets in the city center of Berlin are very expensive and there are few green plants. In addition to buildings and houses, there are only lonely street lights on the roadside.

This also makes Europeans who have been to Dar es Salaam and Mombasa call the two cities "green cities". In fact, most cities in East Africa use the two cities as templates and develop in a similar way. However, the only East African cities that foreigners can call famous are Dar es Salaam and Mombasa. If there is one more, it is the New Hamburg Port.

Maputo is also well-known, mainly because it was briefly famous during the South African War, but the city construction is very different from other cities in East Africa.

Of course, the cities in the 19th century were mainly 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 like this. In contrast, East Africa is an outlier.

Of course, the environment in Berlin looks much better than that in Paris and London, because Berlin is large and its population density is much smaller than that in Paris and London.

Just like the black smoke in the factory, Ernst would think of "pollution" when he saw it, but in the current era, it is the breath of "industrialization". The black water flowing in the Seine River in Paris, France, and the Thames River in London, England, is a symbol of the "civilized era".

However, as long as a city has experienced industrialization, these problems cannot be avoided. East Africa only tries to avoid some visible problems, just like the air in the First Town and Soga City is cleaner than Dar es Salaam. It is not like a modern city in the 19th century, but more like a large town.

In addition, the public infrastructure of large cities in East Africa is more sufficient than other cities, mainly reflected in roads, parks, public toilets, sewer networks, etc.

Of course, this is only reflected in several major cities in East Africa. Emerging cities or areas with poor economic levels are another matter, but as time goes by, the future will definitely be aligned with these big cities.

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August 1893.

It is better to see the specific situation in the central region, so Ernst decided to go to the central region for an inspection.

As the train started, Ernst's inspection trip officially began. Going west along the railway line, the areas around the first town were all scenes that Ernst was familiar with.

In recent years, as East Africa's national strength has risen, the development of the eastern region has become more and more complete. From the first town to Morogoro, rice fields, reservoirs and villages are everywhere, and relatively flat roads can be seen. Now the main trunk roads in the area centered on the first town have completed the hardening project.

Soon the train arrived at Morogoro City. Morogoro is the only large-scale city between the first town and Dodoma. Although it is not as good as the eastern coastal areas, 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 Central Canal West Line Project passes through. The reason why Morogoro has been able to develop rapidly is due to the development of local transportation, including the trinity of railways, roads, and canals. It is connected to the eastern urban agglomeration and is located at the foot of Mount Uluguru. It is the agricultural center of the region and one of the country's major sisal, wood and rubber processing centers..." John Lear, the accompanying Minister of Commerce, introduced to 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. The south is Mount Uluguru and the west is Mount Udzungwa on the edge of the East African Plateau. A mountain plain is formed between the two, which merges with the East African coastal plain in the north.

So Morogoro has mountains and waters. In addition, because it is located south of the equator, according to the Far Eastern Empire, this is a typical place with sunny mountains and shady waters.

There is still some difference in latitude between East Africa and the Far East Empire. Most of East Africa is located in the southern hemisphere, so the feng shui of Morogoro is opposite to that of the Far East Empire, and the opposite is true for the land north of the equator.

Ernst listened to his subordinates' introduction with great interest. The local development can be clearly seen from the outside. Morogoro is smaller than the First Town in scale, but not much different. As the administrative center of East Africa, the First Town is actually not a large city, and can only be regarded as a medium-sized city.

Morogoro mainly processes agricultural products and has some transportation functions, so it is considered to be quite good to have developed to this point. In terms of the scale of Morogoro, it is even better developed than the provincial capitals of many backward areas in East Africa.

This is also easy to understand. After the canal is connected, Morogoro is actually more closely connected with several cities in the east. With the help of railways and other transportation, Morogoro is about 100 kilometers away from several cities in the east, which is almost negligible.

At the same time, Morogoro is the only city in the western part of the Central Province. It can effectively accept the industrial transfer from the east and is conducive to the concentration of resources in the western part of the Central Province. For example, local advantageous crops, sisal, rubber, wood, etc. are all concentrated in Morogoro. After preliminary processing, they are sent to the east, especially the raw materials for industrial development in Dar es Salaam come from Morogoro.

Moreover, the resources of Morogoro can also be radiated to Dodoma in the west through railways. Although Dodoma is not far from Morogoro, the climate conditions of the two are very different, especially the rainfall.

Most of Morogoro is located on the windward slope of the southeast trade wind, so the precipitation is very abundant, while the precipitation in Dodoma is one of the depressions in the entire eastern East Africa. In addition, due to the plateau climate, the temperature is also lower than that of Morogoro.

So this has made Morogoro one of the largest rubber and wood production areas at the intersection of the eastern coastal plain and the East African Plateau in East Africa.

Moreover, East Africa's rubber and forestry resources are mainly concentrated in the Congo Basin and its surrounding areas, deep inland, which makes Morogoro and other places the closest rubber production areas to the eastern coastal areas, especially Dar es Salaam.

In addition, it controls the important railway channel between the East African Plateau and the eastern coastal plain, so Morogoro's future development potential will not be 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 electricity will also be among the top cities in East Africa.

This area is located at the intersection of the East African Plateau and the coastal plain. It has a large terrain difference 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 the city of Dar es Salaam.