Magoé District is a

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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 western

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

Zumbo District Zumbo District is a district of Tete Province in westernmost Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Afric ...

in the north, Marávia District in the northeast, Cahora-Bassa District in the east, and with Zimbabwe in the south and in the west. The area of the district is . It had a population of 89,273 as of 2017.

Geography

The

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crosses the district from west to east. Upstream of Songo, it is built up as the Lago Cahora Bassa, a water reservoir. According to the

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, the climate of the district is that of hot steppe (BSh). There is no meteorological stations in the district; the closest station, in Chicôa, registers the average annual rainfall of .

Demographics

As of 2005, 49% of the population of the district was younger than 15 years. 23% of the population spoke

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. 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 ...

. 72% were analphabetic, mostly women.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into three postos, Mpheende, Chinhopo, and Mukumbura, which in total comprise six localities.

Economy

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

Agriculture

In the district, there are 9,000 farms which have on average of land. The main agricultural products are

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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, ...

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, and

sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the Convolvulus, bindweed or morning glory family (biology), family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a r ...

Transportation

There is a road network in the district which is long. All roads are in a very bad state.

References

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