Magoé District is a
district
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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 western
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
. 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
Zambezi
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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
Köppen climate classification
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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
Portuguese
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* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
. 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
corn
Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...
,
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, ...
,
peanut
The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible Seed, seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small ...
, 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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Magoe District
Districts in Tete Province