Kilimanjaro

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Kilimanjaro Mountain in ne Tanzania, near the border with Kenya. The highest mountain in Africa, it is an extinct volcano with twin peaks joined by a broad saddle. Coffee is grown on the intensely cultivated s slopes. Height: Kibo 5895m (19,340ft); Mawenzi 5150m (16,896ft).

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