Arusha, city, northeastern Tanzania, capital of Arusha Region, at the foot of Mount Meru. It is a manufacturing center and the processing and shipping hub of a region in which pyrethrum, sisal, and coffee are produced. Manufactures include plastics, radios, and meerschaum pipes. The city is the terminus of a railroad that links it to the Indian Ocean ports of Tanga, Tanzania, and Mombasa, Kenya. Arusha also serves as a tourist gateway to Olduvai Gorge and the scenic national parks of northern Tanzania. Located here is the Tropical Pesticides Research Institute (1962). Population (1994 estimate) 140,000.
