Gorongosa District is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

Sofala Province Sofala is a province of Mozambique. It has a population of 2,259,248 (2017 census). Beira is the capital of the province, named for the ruined port of Sofala which is to the south. History Portuguese landholder and imperialist Joaquim Carl ...

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

Gorongosa Gorongosa is a town and the administrative center of Gorongosa District of Mozambique, situated on the country's main north-south highway (the EN1). Mount Gorongosa Mount Gorongosa is an inselberg in Sofala Province of central Mozambique. Its ...

. The district is located in the northwest of the province, and borders with Maringué District in the north, Cheringoma District in the east,

Muanza District Muanza District is a district of Sofala Province in Mozambique. The principal town is Muanza. The district is located in the center of the province, and borders with Cheringoma District in the north, Dondo District in the south, Nhamatanda Distr ...

in the southeast, Nhamatanda District in the south, and with Macossa and

Gondola District Gondola District is a district of Manica Province in western Mozambique. The principal town is Gondola. The area of the district is . It has a population of 262,412 as of 2007. Geography The district is located in the east of the province, and bor ...

s of Manica Province in the west. The area of the district is . It has a population of 116,912 as of 2007.

Geography

The principal rivers of the district are the Vanduzi River and the Chitunga River in the west and the Vunduzi River and the Nhandu River in the east. According to the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

, the district are in two climate zones, tropical wet dry (aw) and, in the mountains ( Serra de Gorongosa) tropical temperate humid (cw). The average annual rainfall is . The district is dominated by the

Gorongosa National Park Gorongosa National Park is at the southern end of the Great African Rift Valley in the heart of central Mozambique, Southeast Africa. The more than park comprises the valley floor and parts of surrounding plateaus. Rivers originating on nearby ...

, which is located in the East African Rift.

Demographics

As of 2005, 48% of the population of the district was younger than 15 years. 24% of the population spoke Portuguese. The most common mothertongue among the population was

Cindau Ndau (also called chiNdau, Chindau, Ndzawu, Njao, Sofala, Southeast Shona, Chidanda) is a Bantu language spoken by 1,400,000 people in central Mozambique and southeastern Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a ...

. 82% were analphabetic, mostly women.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into three postos,

(two localities), Nhamadzi (one locality), and Vanduzi (one locality).

Economy

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

Agriculture

In the district, there are 15,000 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 inputs, ...

, peanut, sorghum, rice, sugar cane, and sweet potato.

Transportation

There is a road network in the district which includes stretch of the national road E1 passing through

References

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