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Lichinga is a city in Mozambique that serves as the capital of Niassa Province. It is situated within Lichinga District and has a population of 142,253. The city covers an area of 280 square kilometers and stands at an elevation of 1,398 meters above sea level. Portuguese is the official language, and the local time zone is UTC+01:00.
The city is twinned with Vila Nova de Poiares. While current weather data indicates a temperature of 16.97 degrees, the primary administrative and geographic details define its status as a major urban center in the region.
Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Weather now
cached 15h ago7-day forecast
via Open-Meteo
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
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- Lichinga
- Country
- Mozambique
- Located in
- Lichinga District
- Official language
- Portuguese
- Population
- 142253
- Area
- 280
- Elevation
- 1398
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Niassa Province
- Image
- Conselho Municipal Lichinga.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Vila Nova de Poiares
- Commons category
- Lichinga
- native label
- Lichinga
- P12749
- Albert of Aix
via Wikidata · CC0
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)
Article · Deutsch
Lichinga (ehemals Vila Cabral) ist die Hauptstadt der Provinz Niassa in Mosambik.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
On the map
4 mapped locations