ʻO ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro kahi mea mākaʻikaʻi nui no Tanzania, me kahi o 35,000 mau kānaka e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻonui i kona piko i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
I kēia pule, i ka mea i kapa ʻia e nā luna Tanzania he hanana 'historic', ua pili ka "hale o ʻApelika" i ka Pūnaewele no ka manawa mua.
Ua haʻi aku ke Kuhina ʻIke o ka ʻāina, ʻo Nape Nnauye, ua paʻa ka pae ʻāina i kēia manawa ma ka pūnaewele, ma hope o ka ʻO Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi pūnaewele puni honua ākea e lawelawe i ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro.
"E hauʻoli i ka pūnaewele wikiwiki i kēia lā [ma] Kilimanjaro," wahi a Kuhina Nnauye.
"E pili nā malihini a pau ... a hiki i kēia wahi o ka mauna," wahi āna i ka wā e kipa aku ai i kahi kahua hoʻomoana o Horombo Huts.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pūnaewele hou e hoʻonui i kahi pilina pūnaewele kiʻekiʻe he mau tausani kapuaʻi ma luna o ka ʻilikai, e lawe ana i ka Pūnaewele i ka mauna kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka ʻāina.
Me kona kiʻekiʻe ʻo Uhuru ma kahi o 19,290 kapuaʻi, ʻo ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro ke kiʻekiʻe loa o ʻApelika, a i kēia manawa ua hoʻokipa ʻo ia i nā hāmeʻa broadband ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 12,200 kapuaʻi, kokoke i kahi hoʻomoana ʻo Horombo Huts ma ke ala i ka piko.
Wahi a TanazaniaʻO ke Kuhina ʻo Nnauye, ua manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopili ʻia ka piko o ka mauna i ka pūnaewele i ka hopena o 2022, akā ʻaʻohe lā kikoʻī i hāʻawi ʻia i kēia manawa.
He hapa liʻiliʻi wale nō o ka poʻe piʻi i hiki i ka piko o ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro, ʻoiai ʻo ka mauna, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa ma ʻApelika, ʻaʻole mamao loa ka mauna kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua.
ʻO Kilimanjaro ka mea i ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi e nā pilikua e like me K2 ma ka palena ʻo Karakoram e pili ana iā Pakistan, Kina a me India, a i ʻole ka mauna Everest kaulana ma ka Himalayas.