Metangula is a small town on the shores of
Lake Niassa, 110 kilometers from the provincial capital of
Lichinga
Lichinga is the capital city of Niassa Province of Mozambique. It lies on the Lichinga Plateau at an altitude of , east of Lake Niassa (Lake Malawi). The town was founded as Vila Cabral as a farming and military settlement. It is served by Lich ...
in
Niassa Province, Mozambique. A few kilometers north of Metangula lies the beautiful sand beach of
Chuanga. The main agricultural crops from the area are ''cassava'' (
mandioca
''Manihot esculenta'', commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively cultivated ...
) and ''
Vigna
''Vigna'' is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution.Aitawade, M. M., et al. (2012)Section ''Ceratotropis'' of subgenus ''Ceratotropis'' of ''Vigna'' (Leguminosae–Papilionoideae) in India with a new ...
'' beans (feijāo nhemba).
Populated places in Niassa Province
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