Macossa District is a
district of
Manica Province
Manica is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 62,272 km² and a population of 1,945,994 (2017 census). The province is surrounded by Zimbabwe in the west, Tete Province in the northwest, Sofala Province in the east, Save River in t ...
in western
Mozambique. The principal town is
Macossa. The district is located in the east of the province, and borders with
Tambara District in the north,
Maringué District
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of
Sofala Province in the northeast,
Gorongosa District
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of Sofala Province in the east,
Gondola District in the south,
Báruè District in the west, and with
Guro District
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in the northwest. The area of the district is .
It has a population of 27,245 as of 2007.
Geography
The main rivers crossing the district is the
Phandira River; a number of rivers are seasonal and only flow during the rainy season. The
Pungwe River makes the border with Gondola District.
The climate in the west of the district is tropical wet and dry, with the annual rainfall varying between and .
Demographics
As of 2005, 50% of the population of the district was younger than 15 years. 14% did speak
Portuguese. The most common mothertongue is
Chitwe language. 88% were analphabetic, mostly women.
Administrative divisions
The district is divided into three
postos,
Macossa (one locality),
Nguawala (one locality), and
Nhamangua (two localities).
Economy
Less than 1% of the households in the district have access to electricity.
Agriculture
In the district, there are 2,000 farms which have on average of land. The main agricultural products are corn,
cassava,
cowpea, peanut,
sorghum
''Sorghum'' () is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae). Some of these species are grown as cereals for human consumption and some in pastures for animals. One species is grown for grain, while many othe ...
,
pearl millet
Pearl millet (''Cenchrus americanus'', commonly known as the synonym ''Pennisetum glaucum''; also known as 'Bajra' in Hindi, 'Sajje' in Kannada, 'Kambu' in Tamil, 'Bajeer' in Kumaoni and 'Maiwa' in Hausa, 'Mexoeira' in Mozambique) is the most w ...
, sweet potato, and rice.
Transportation
There is a road network in the district which contains of secondary roads and of local roads.
References
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Districts in Manica Province