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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.

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Place details

Locality
Lichinga
Region
Niassa
Country
Moçambique
Population
281,341
Timezone
Africa/Maputo

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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

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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
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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 sections
Contents
  • 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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