Chiure or Chiure Novo is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Chiure District in
Cabo Delgado Province in northeastern
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 ...
.
It is the capital of Chiure District.
The District has the highest population of all Districts in Cabo Delgado province.
Construction of a district hospital was completed in 2009.
The local population is predominantly Makua. Portuguese is widely spoken in the district Capital as it is the official language of Mozambique, but in outlying towns and villages Emakua may be the only spoken language.
References
Republica de Mocambique, Ministerio da Administracao Estatal, Perfil do Distrito de Chiure, 2005
https://web.archive.org/web/20120610054454/http://www.portaldogoverno.gov.mz/Informacao/distritos/cdelgado/Chiure.pdf
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
{{Ancuabe District
Populated places in Ancuabe District