Meru District: History
=== First communities ===
The first communities in what would be the Meru District were the now extinct Koningo people, a hunter gatherer group that lived around the slopes of Mount Meru for centuries. The second community to settle in the area is the Meru People, who immigrated there from the Usambara Mountains in Tanga Region, they are the majority of residents in the district. They settled on the southeastern slopes of the mountain and started to farm the land.