Lichinga
Sign in to saveLichinga is the capital city of Niassa Province of Mozambique. It lies on the Lichinga Plateau at an altitude of , east of Lake Niassa (Lake Malawi). The town was founded as Vila Cabral as a farming and military settlement. It is served by Lichinga Airport. The province borders Ruvuma Region in Tanzania.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lichinga
- Region
- Niassa
- Country
- Moçambique
- Population
- 281,341
- Timezone
- Africa/Maputo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Lichinga
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Conselho Municipal Lichinga.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Municipal Council of Lichinga
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mozambique
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 240
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Provinces
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Niassa Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 280
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2017 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 213361
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1398
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
- Settlement.blank_info
- Cwb
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Lichinga
- Population
- 142253
- Area
- 280
- Elevation
- 1398
- Image
- Conselho Municipal Lichinga.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lichinga
- native label
- Lichinga
- P12749
- Albert of Aix
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Travel guide
Get around
Lichinga is small enough to get around by foot, or via bicycle taxi or other local transport.
Buy
A good number of stores are available offering food both local and international, construction supplies, clothing, electronics, etc.
Eat
A number of restaurants catering to a wide range of budgets is available.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Portuguese rule
- After independence from Portugal
- Climate
- Demographics
- Transport
- Notable people
- References
Lichinga is the capital city of Niassa Province of Mozambique. It lies on the Lichinga Plateau at an altitude of , east of Lake Niassa (Lake Malawi). The town was founded as Vila Cabral as a farming and military settlement. It is served by Lichinga Airport. The province borders Ruvuma Region in Tanzania.
==History== ===Early history=== The region that is Niassa province is the ancestral homeland of the Yao and Makua. ===Portuguese rule=== Founded by the Portuguese colonial administration in 1931 as Vila Cabral, the town was designed to become a fast growth urban centre, its streets and avenues paying attention to a projected future growth. Vila Cabral was upgraded to city status in 1962. In the early 1960s its population was 27,000 inhabitants; by 1970 it had 36,715. The city developed as an agriculture and colonial service centre until the independence of Mozambique from Portugal in 1975. In addition, the town's economy included forestry-based activities and was surrounded by a pine tree plantation.
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