Cabo Delgado Province

Information about Cabo Delgado Province

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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. On September 25, 1964, Frelimo solders, with help from the surrounding population, attacked an administrative post in the province. This raid marked the beginning of the armed struggle against the Portuguese colonial occupiers in Mozambique.

It is named for Cape Delgado (Portuguese Cabo Delgado), a coastal headland on the border between Mozambique and Tanzania, which forms the northernmost point in Mozambique

It is divided in the districts of: And in the municipalities of:

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

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  • 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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Pemba is a port city in Mozambique. It is the capital of the province of Cabo Delgado and lies on a peninsula in Pemba Bay.

The town was founded by the Niassa Company in 1904 as Porto Amélia
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Motto
"Uhuru na Umoja"   (Swahili)
"Freedom and Unity"
Anthem
Mungu ibariki Afrika
"God Bless Africa"
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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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September 25 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events


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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1930s  1940s  1950s  - 1960s -  1970s  1980s  1990s
1961 1962 1963 - 1964 - 1965 1966 1967

Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator).

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The Liberation Front of Mozambique, better known by the acronym FRELIMO, from the Portuguese Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (IPA: /fɾeˈlimo/
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Anthem
"A Portuguesa"


Capital
(and largest city) Lisbon5

Official languages Portuguese1
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Cape Delgado, Portuguese Cabo Delgado (11º south Latitude, 40.5 east Longitude), is a coastal promontory on the border of Mozambique and Tanzania, and is the northernmost point in Mozambique.
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Writing system: Latin alphabet (Portuguese variant) 
Official status
Official language of: Angola
Brazil
Cape Verde
East Timor
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Macau (PRC)
Mozambique
Portugal
São Tomé and Príncipe
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Ibo is one of the Quirimbas Islands in the Indian Ocean off northern Mozambique. It grew as a Muslim trading port. Vasco da Gama reportedly rested on the island in 1502. The island was fortified in 1609 by the Portuguese.
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Mocimboa da Praia is a port in northern Mozambique, lying on the Indian Ocean coast. It is a border post for travel to and from Tanzania.

Economy Its economy relies mainly on fishing, and logging.
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Montepuez is the second largest city in the province of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique, after the provincial capital of Pemba.

Coordinates:
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Mueda is a district of the province of Cabo Delgado, in Moçambique. The capital is the town of Mueda.

The district of Mueda is limited to the north by the Tanzania atarvés of the river Rovuma, to the west by the district of Mecula in the province of Niassa, to the South by
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Muidumbe is a district of the province of Cabo Delgado, in Moçambique. Its capital is the village of Muidumbe.

The district of Muidumbe is limited to the north and the east by the district of Mocimboa da Praia, to the north and the west by the district of Mueda, and to the
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Mocimboa da Praia is a port in northern Mozambique, lying on the Indian Ocean coast. It is a border post for travel to and from Tanzania.

Economy Its economy relies mainly on fishing, and logging.
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Montepuez is the second largest city in the province of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique, after the provincial capital of Pemba.

Coordinates:
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Pemba is a port city in Mozambique. It is the capital of the province of Cabo Delgado and lies on a peninsula in Pemba Bay.

The town was founded by the Niassa Company in 1904 as Porto Amélia
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Mozambique

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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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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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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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