Gaza Province

Information about Gaza Province

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Gaza is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 75,709 km² and a population of approximately 1.3 million (2002). Xai-Xai is the capital of the province.

Gaza is divided into the districts of: and the municipalities of:

See also


 
Provinces of Mozambique
Cabo Delgado | Gaza | Inhambane | Manica | Maputo (city) | Maputo | Nampula | Niassa | Sofala | Tete | Zambezia
Mozambique

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  • President
  • Armando Guebuza
  • Prime Minister
  • Luisa Diogo

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Motto
none
Anthem
Pátria Amada
(formerly Viva, Viva a FRELIMO)


Capital
(and largest city) Maputo

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Xai-Xai (pronounced shy-shy) (pre-1975: João Belo) is a city in the south of Mozambique. It is the capital of Gaza Province and has a population of 103,251 (1997 census).

Xai-Xai is located close to the Indian Ocean, on the Limpopo River.
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Chibuto is a city located in the province of Gaza in Mozambique.

Coordinates:
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Chokwé, or Chokue, is a rural town located in the province of Gaza in Mozambique. It is located about 230 km north of the capital city of Maputo. This agricultural town is noted for its tomatoes.
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Manjacaze is a town and district of the province of Gaza, Mozambique. It has some 161,000 inhabitants.

Notable people from Manjacaze

  • Paulina Chiziane, author
  • Gabriel Estavao Monjane, tallest African

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Xai-Xai (pronounced shy-shy) (pre-1975: João Belo) is a city in the south of Mozambique. It is the capital of Gaza Province and has a population of 103,251 (1997 census).

Xai-Xai is located close to the Indian Ocean, on the Limpopo River.
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Chibuto is a city located in the province of Gaza in Mozambique.

Coordinates:
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Chokwé, or Chokue, is a rural town located in the province of Gaza in Mozambique. It is located about 230 km north of the capital city of Maputo. This agricultural town is noted for its tomatoes.
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Gazaland is the historical name for the region in southeast Africa, in modern day Mozambique and Zimbabwe, which extends northward from the Komati River at Delagoa Bay in Mozambique's Maputo Province to the Pungwe River in central Mozambique.
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Mozambique

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Mozambique


  • President
  • Armando Guebuza
  • Prime Minister
  • Luisa Diogo

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Motto
none
Anthem
Pátria Amada
(formerly Viva, Viva a FRELIMO)


Capital
(and largest city) Maputo

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Cabo Delgado is the northernmost province of Mozambique. It has an area of 82,625 km² and a population of approximately 1.5 million (2002). Pemba is the capital of the province. As well as bordering the neighboring country of Tanzania, it touches fellow provinces Nampula and Niassa.
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Inhambane is a province of Mozambique located on the coast in the southern part of the country. It has an area of 68,615 km² and a population of approximately 1.3 million (2002). The provincial capital is also called Inhambane.
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Manica is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 61,661 km² and a population of approximately 1.2 million (2002). Chimoio is the capital of the province.


 
Provinces of Mozambique

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Maputo, Mozambique

Location in Mozambique
Government
 - Municipal Council President Eneas Comiche
Population (2004)
 - City 1,114,000
 - Metro 1,691,000

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Maputo is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 26,058 km² and a population of approximately one million (2002). Matola is the capital of the province.

Maputo Province is divided into the districts of:
  • Magude
  • Manhiça
  • Maracuene
  • Moamba

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Nampula is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 81,606 km² and a population of approximately 3.4 million (2002). Nampula is the capital of the province. Under Portuguese rule this province was named Moçambique but with independence, the name was used for the entire country
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Niassa is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 129,056 km² and a population of approximately 900,000 (2002). It is the most sparsely populated province in the country. Lichinga is the capital of the province.
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Sofala is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 68,018 km² and a population of approximately 1.5 million (2002). Beira is the capital of the province. The province is named for the ruined port of Sofala.
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Tete is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 100,724 km² and a population of approximately 1.4 million (2002).

Tete is the capital of the province. The Cahora Bassa Dam is situated in this province.
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Zambezia or Zambesia was also used up to 1895 for the territory later called Rhodesia, now Zambia and Zimbabwe.


Zambezia is the second most-populous province of Mozambique, located in the central coastal region south of Nampula and north of Sofala.
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