Gaza Province
Gaza is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 75,709 km2 and a population of 1,422,460 (2017 census), which is the least populous of all the provinces of Mozambique.
Xai-Xai is the capital of the province. Inhambane Province is to t ...
Bilene Macia district
Bilene Macia District is a district of Gaza Province in south-western Mozambique. Its principal town is Macia. The district is located at the south of the province, and borders with Chókwè District in the north, Xai-Xai District in the east, a ...
. In 2008 its population was 25153.
Location
It caters for the areas of Mazivila, Dzimbeni, Macuane, Machimba, Ghombane, Zukula, Nwampaku, Incaia, and Machenganyane.
History
During the Mozambican Civil War, people around these villages used to live in town, as it was safer, compared to other villages. However, since Renamo forces targeted the towns most, it apparently appeared to the villagers that towns were not the ideal places to hide. As such, they started going back to the bush for the night, going back to town in the morning.
The town is starting to develop after being badly destroyed during the Civil War, which lasted more than a decade.
Commerce
The town has a market where people from the small villages come to buy and sell their products.
Macia owes much of its economic vibrancy to its location on the intersection of the main highway of Mozambique (EN1) with the road to
Chokwe Chokwe may refer to:
*Chokwe people, a Central African ethnic group
** Chokwe language, a Bantu language
* Chokwe or Tshokwe, Botswana, a village
* Chokwe, Malawi
* Chókwè District, Mozambique
**Chokwe, Mozambique
Chokwé, and earlier known a ...
, Massingir, located by the Massingir Dam, and Chicualacuala, and with the road to the coastal resort of