Siha (Kibongoto)
Kingdom of Kibongoto-Siha Isarile ya Siha (Kisiha) | |||||||||
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| c.1840s–1962 | |||||||||
Map of Kingdom of Siha-Kibongoto, Masama and its chiefdoms c1890s | |||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||
| Capital | Komboko | ||||||||
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| Religion | |||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Mangi (King) | |||||||||
• Unknown | Mdmdusio Kileo | ||||||||
• Unknown | Kirema Orio | ||||||||
• Unknown | Maletua Orio | ||||||||
• c.1860s–c.1870s | Mangi Saiye Mmari | ||||||||
• c.1870s–1880s | Lilio Orio | ||||||||
• c.1880s-1900 | Ngalami Mmari | ||||||||
• c.1890-1900 | Maimbe Kileo | ||||||||
• 1900–1905 | Sinare Kileo | ||||||||
• 1905–1919 | Jacobus Sinare | ||||||||
• 1919 | Matolo Orio | ||||||||
• 1920–1927 | Mamlamya | ||||||||
• 1900–1905 | Simeon Mwandri | ||||||||
• 1927–1945 | Abdiel shangali | ||||||||
• 1945 | Gideon Nassua | ||||||||
• 1945-1962 | John Gideon | ||||||||
| Historical era | |||||||||
| c.1840s | |||||||||
| 6 December 1962 | |||||||||
• Formal abdication | 6 December 1962 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1890s | 250 km2 (97 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1880s | ~5,000 | ||||||||
• 1900s | ~4,500 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Tanzania | ||||||||
Area and population not including colonial possessions | |||||||||
| Person | Msiha |
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| People | Wasiha |
| Language | Kichaga |
| Country | Siha-Kibongto |
Siha or Kingdom of Siha also sometimes referred to as Kibongoto (Isarile la Siha in Kisiha), (Ufalme wa Siha in Swahili) was a historic sovereign Chagga state located in modern-day Machame Kaskazini ward in Hai District of Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania. Siha was located west of the Ushira plateau on Mount Kilimanjaro. The word Mangi means king in the Chagga languages. The people of Siha speak Kisiha which is one of seven dialects of the West Kilimanjaro language of the Chagga language groups. The kingdom is known for Mangi Ngalami that was hanged together with 18 other Leaders of the Chagga states including Mangi Meli, by the German colonial regime in an event known as the Great Hanging at Old Moshi in 1900.