Manjacaze District is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

Gaza Province Gaza is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 75,709 km2 and a population of 1,422,460 (2017 census), which is the least populous of all the provinces of Mozambique. Xai-Xai is the capital of the province. Inhambane Province is t ...

in southwestern

Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...

. Its principal town is

Manjacaze Manjacaze (''Manxakadze'') is a town in the province of Gaza, located in southern Mozambique. It serves as the administrative center of Manjacaze District. Demographics Economy The town formerly had a cashew processing plant, which was shu ...

. The district is located at the south of the province, and borders with Panda District of

Inhambane Province Inhambane is a province of Mozambique located on the coast in the southern part of the country. It has an area of 68,615 km2 and a population of 1,488,676 (2017 census). The provincial capital is also called Inhambane. The climate is trop ...

in the north,

Inharrime Inharrime is a small town in Inharrime District in southern Mozambique on the shores of some coastal lakes. Transport It was once served by an isolated narrow-gauge railway from the port of Inhambane. It is now accessible by bus services fr ...

and

Zavala District Zavala District is a district of Inhambane Province in south-east Mozambique. Its principal town is Zavala. The district is located at the east of the province, and borders with Inharrime District in the north and with Manjacaze District of Gaz ...

s of

in the east,

Xai-Xai District Xai-Xai District is a Districts of Mozambique, district of Gaza Province in south-western Mozambique. The administrative center of the district is Chongoene. The district is located in the south of the province, and borders with Chibuto District in ...

in the south, and Chibuto District in the west. In the southeast, the district is limited by the Indian Ocean. The area of the district is . It has a population of 166,488 as of 2007.

Geography

The

Changane River The Changane River () is a river in Mozambique, a tributary to the Limpopo River which it joins near the coast, just past the town of Chibuto. It forms part of the eastern boundary of Gaza Province. The Changane is the easternmost tributary of ...

, a major left tributary of the

Limpopo River The Limpopo River () rises in South Africa and flows generally eastward through Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. The term Limpopo is derived from Rivombo (Livombo/Lebombo), a group of Tsonga settlers led by Hosi Rivombo who settled in the mou ...

, marks the border of the district with Chibuto District. Another major river is the Mangonhane River, a tributary of the Inharrime River. There are 63 lakes in the district, the biggest one is Lake Nhambavale. The climate is tropical dry in the interior, and tropical humid at the coast. The annual rainfall varies between and .

Demographics

As of 2005, 45% of the population of the district was younger than 15 years. 49% of the population spoke Portuguese. The most common mother tongue among the population was

Tsonga Tsonga may refer to: * Tsonga language, a Bantu language spoken in southern Africa * Tsonga people, a large group of people living mainly in southern Mozambique and South Africa. * Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) ...

. 53% were illiterate, mostly women.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into seven postos,

(two localities), Chidenguele (four localities), Nguzene (three localities), Chibonzane (three localities), Macuacua (two localities), Madzucane (three localities), and Chalala (two localities).

Economy

3% of the households in the district have access to electricity.

Agriculture

In the district, there are 38,000 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, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although ...

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 inpu ...

, peanut, sweet potato, and rice. Population of cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats was steadily growing prior to 2005.

Transportation

The road network in the district includes a stretch of the national road EN1 long, connecting

Maputo Maputo () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,088,449 (as of 2017) distributed ov ...

and

Inhambane Inhambane (also known as Terra de Boa Gente (''Land of Good People'')) is a city located in southern Mozambique, lying on Inhambane Bay, 470 km northeast of Maputo. It is the capital of the Inhambane Province and, according to the 2017 cen ...

, as well as of secondary roads.

References

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