Catandica
Sign in to saveCatandica (before independence known as Vila Gouveia) is a town located in the province of Manica in Mozambique. It is the administrative center of Báruè District and its most populous town. As of 2008 it had a population of 29,052.
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Place details
- Locality
- Catandica
- Region
- Manica
- Country
- Moçambique
- Population
- 25,869
- Timezone
- Africa/Maputo
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Catandica
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Conselho Municipal Catandica.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Municipal Council of Catandica, Mozambique
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mozambique
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Provinces
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Manica Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Báruè District
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2008
- Settlement.population_total
- 29,052
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
- Settlement.blank_info
- Cwa
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Encyclopedic overview
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Catandica (before independence known as Vila Gouveia) is a town located in the province of Manica in Mozambique. It is the administrative center of Báruè District and its most populous town. As of 2008 it had a population of 29,052.
The town, near the border with Zimbabwe, takes its name from the son of a local chief who had served in the Mozambican army.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Catandica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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