Buzi District is a

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Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

. The principal town is

Búzi Buzi (in Portuguese and officially Búzi) is a town on the banks of the Buzi River, in Buzi District, Sofala Province, Mozambique. In colonial times it was known as ''Nova Lusitânia'' or ''Nova Luzitânia''. The town was devastated by Cyclone Idai ...

. The district is located in the southeast of the province, and borders with

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in the north,

Dondo District Dondo District is a district of Sofala Province in Mozambique. The principal town is Dondo. The district is located in the center of the province, and borders with Muanza District in the north, the city of Beira and Buzi District in the south, an ...

in the northeast,

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in the south,

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in the southwest,

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in the west, and with

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of Manica Province in the northwest. The area of the district is . It has a population of 159,614 as of 2007.

Geography

The principle river of the district is the Buzi River, which has its mouth inside the district. According to the

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, the district is in two climate zones, tropical wet and dry or

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(aw) and sub-tropical humid (cw).

History

Since the 15th century, the area belonged to the

Kingdom of Mutapa The Kingdom of Mutapa – sometimes referred to as the Mutapa Empire, Mwenemutapa, ( sn, Mwene we Mutapa, pt, Monomotapa) – was an African kingdom in Zimbabwe, which expanded to what is now modern-day Mozambique. The Portuguese language, P ...

and was periodically subject to civil wars. In the 19th century, the interior was part of the

Rozwi Empire The Rozvi Empire (1684–1866) was a Shona state established on the Zimbabwean Plateau by Changamire Dombo. The term "Rozvi" refers to their legacy as a warrior nation, taken from the Shona term ''kurozva'', "to plunder". They became the mos ...

. The coast was controlled by Arabs, and since the 16th century by the Portuguese. Nova Sofala was founded in 1505. Buzi District was established in 1931, its administrative center was initially located in Nova Sofala.

Demographics

As of 2005, 45% of the population of the district was younger than 15 years. 29% did speak

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. The most common mothertongue is

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. 75% were analphabetic, mostly women.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into three postos,

(three localities), Estaquinha (two localities), and

Sofala Sofala, at present known as Nova Sofala, used to be the chief seaport of the Mwenemutapa Kingdom, whose capital was at Mount Fura. It is located on the Sofala Bank in Sofala Province of Mozambique. It was founded by Somali merchants. This name wa ...

(two localities, including Nova Sofala).

Economy

1% of the households in the district have access to electricity.

Agriculture

In the district, there are 27,000 farms which have on average of land. The main agricultural products are corn,

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cowpea The cowpea (''Vigna unguiculata'') is an annual herbaceous legume from the genus ''Vigna''. Its tolerance for sandy soil and low rainfall have made it an important crop in the semiarid regions across Africa and Asia. It requires very few input ...

, peanut, sweet potato, and rice.

Transportation

There is a road network in the district which is long.

References

{{Coord, 19.892, S, 34.607, E, type:adm1st, display=title Districts in Sofala Province States and territories established in 1931 1931 establishments in the Portuguese Empire