Lushoto is a town in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania.

The 2012 national census estimated the population of Lushoto ward at 28,190.

[2] The Irente School for the Blind Girls is located in Lushoto, built by the Lutheran Church in 1963.

[3] During German colonial rule, Lushoto was known as Wilhelmstal (William's Valley) and was named after Emperor Wilhelm II.

The German politician, Kai-Uwe von Hassel was born here in 1913.