Niassa Province

Information about Niassa Province

For the lake also known as Lake Niassa, see .
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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.

The Ruvuma River forms much of the northern boundary of the province with Tanzania while Lake Niassa forms the western border of the province, separating it from Malawi.

It is divided in the districts of:
  • Cuamba
  • Lago
  • Lichinga
  • Majune
  • Mandimba
  • Marrupa
  • Maúa
  • Mavago
  • Mecanhelas
  • Mecula
  • Metarica
  • Muembe
  • N'gauma
  • Nipepe
  • Sanga
And in the municipalities of:
 
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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Lichinga is a city located in the province of Niassa in Mozambique. It lies almost 1500 m above sea level on the Lichinga Plateau, east of Lake Niassa (Lake Malawi). The town has a population of 112,000 and was founded as Vila Cabral
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Ruvuma River, formerly also known as the Rovuma River, is a river in East Africa, forming during the greater part of its course the border between Tanzania and Mozambique.

The lower Ruvuma is formed by the junction in 11° 25' S., 38° 31' E.
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Motto
"Uhuru na Umoja"   (Swahili)
"Freedom and Unity"
Anthem
Mungu ibariki Afrika
"God Bless Africa"
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Coordinates Coordinates:
Lake type Rift lake
Primary sources Ruhuhu[]

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Motto
Unity and Freedom
Anthem
Mulungu dalitsa Malaŵi   (Chichewa)
"Oh God Bless Our Land of Malawi"
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Cuamba (population 75,000) is a city located in the province of Niassa in Mozambique, lying north west of Mount Namuli.

Railway

It lies on the junction of the railway line to Nampula and the line to Lichinga.
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Lichinga is a city located in the province of Niassa in Mozambique. It lies almost 1500 m above sea level on the Lichinga Plateau, east of Lake Niassa (Lake Malawi). The town has a population of 112,000 and was founded as Vila Cabral
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Metangula is a small town on the shores of Lake Niassa, 150 kilometers from the provincial capital of Lichinga, Mozambique. A few kilometers north of Metangula lies the beautiful sand beach of Chuangua.
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Mozambique

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  • Armando Guebuza
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  • Luisa Diogo

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Motto
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Anthem
Pátria Amada
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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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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:
  • Bilene Macia
  • Chibuto
  • Chicuacuala
  • Chigubo
  • Chókwè

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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

Maputo
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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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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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