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Kilimanjaro[kil´´imunjA´rO] Pronunciation Key, highest mountain of Africa, NE Tanzania. An extinct volcano, it rises in two snowcapped peaks, Uhuru (Kibo) (19,340 ft/5,895 m, Africa's highest point) and Mawenzi (17,564 ft/5,354 m), which are joined by a broad saddle (alt. c.15,000 ft/4,600 m). Coffee and plantains are the chief crops raised on Kilimanjaro's intensively cultivated lower southern slopes. Tourism from mountain climbing has become an important source of revenue.
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