Babati
title: "Babati" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["babati-district,-manyara", "populated-places-in-manyara-region", "regional-capitals-in-tanzania"] topic_path: "general/babati-district-manyara" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babati" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| official_name | Babati |
| native_name | |
| settlement_type | City of Manyara Region |
| image_skyline | Mt Kwahara, Babati.jpg |
| image_caption | Mount Kwaraha |
| pushpin_map | Tanzania |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_mapsize | 300 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Tanzania |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Tanzania |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Manyara |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Babati |
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| population_as_of | 2022 census |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 67445 |
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| elevation_m | 2145 |
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Babati is a town in Babati Urban District of Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is the administrative capital of Babati Urban District and Babati Rural District and also the administrative capital of Manyara Region.
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Babati town has developed from a mere village since Babati District was established in 1985. The new status boosted the town into rapid growth. The town is located at an altitude of 2145 m near the end of Tarangire National Park and the base of Lake Babati, nestling under Mount Kwaraha.
Climate
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History
The story is told that the town's name resulted from misunderstanding a Gorowa boy by a German roadwork supervisor. The boy did not understand the question about the location's name asked by the German. He pointed at an older man and said "Baba ti", meaning in his language "this is my father". The German noted down the name "Babati" as he thought this was the township's name.
It is claimed in the book Tanganyikan Guerilla: East African Campaign 1914-1918, that Napoleon's son, then a colonel in the British Cavalry, died and was interred in Babati.
Climate
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Transport
The trans-African automobile route — the Cairo-Cape Town Highway passes through Babati.
References
References
- [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/cities/ Citypopulation.de] Population of cities & urban localities in Tanzania
- {{GEOnet2. 32FA88195EFF3774E0440003BA962ED3. Babati (Approved), [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]
- "Babati: A town with intriguing history".
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