Macanga is a district situated in the north part of

Tete Province Tete is a Provinces of Mozambique, province of Mozambique. It has an area of 98,417 km² and a population of 2,648,941 (2017 census). Tete is the capital of the province. The Cahora Bassa Dam is situated in this province. Districts On ...

in the central region of

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. Its administrative center is the town of Furancungo. The district is located in the north of the province, and borders with

Dedza District Dedza is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. It covers an area of 3,624 km.² to the south of the Malawi capital, Lilongwe, between Mozambique and Lake Malawi. The capital is Dedza. Geography The western part of the district is on t ...

and

Lilongwe District Lilongwe is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. The capital is Lilongwe. The district covers an area of and has a population of 1,346,360. Lilongwe was officially declared a township in 1947. Life President Ngwazi Hastings Kamuzu Band ...

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in the north,

Angónia District Angónia District is a district in the northern part of Tete Province in the central region of Mozambique. Its administrative center is the town of Ulongué. The district is located in the northwest of the province, and borders with Dedza District ...

in the east,

Tsangano District Tsangano District is a district of Tete Province in western Mozambique. Further readingDistrict profile(PDF Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including ...

in the southeast, Chiuta District in the south, and with Chifunde District in the west. The area of the district is . It has a population of 112,551 as of 2007.

Geography

The district belongs to the drainage basin of the

Zambezi The Zambezi River (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its drainage basin covers , slightly less than hal ...

. The major rivers in the district are the Calidzipiri River, the Lhangue River, the Chiritse River, the Namanzi River, the M'phonfi River, the Modzi River, and the Mavudzi River. According to the

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, the climate of the district is tropical humid (Cw). In the mountains, the average annual rainfall is .

Demographics

As of 2005, 49% of the population of the district was younger than 15 years. 13% of the population spoke Portuguese. The most common mothertongue among the population was

Cinyungwe Nyungwe (''Cinyungwe'' or Nhungue) is a Bantu language of Mozambique. It is used as a trade language throughout Tete Province. Geographic distribution Nyungwe is spoken by more than 439,000 people in Mozambique along the Zambezi River, principa ...

. 80% were analphabetic, mostly women.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into two postos, Furancungo and Chidzolomondo, which in total comprise seven localities.

Economy

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

Agriculture

In the district, there are 13,000 farms which have on average of land. The main agricultural products are corn,

cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, 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 ...

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 input ...

, peanut, tobacco, and sweet potato.

Transportation

There is a road network in the district which includes a stretch of the national road EN222 connecting Furancungo and Mualadzi with the Matema Crossing.

References

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