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Place details
- Locality
- Tete
- Region
- Tete
- Country
- Moçambique
- Population
- 357,000
- Timezone
- Africa/Maputo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Mozambique
- Province
- Tete Province
- District
- Cidade de Tete
- Total
- 149.3 km (57.6 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 140 m (460 ft)
- Density
- 2,048/km (5,304/sq mi)
- Climate
- BSh
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 152909
- Area
- 149.3
- Elevation
- 140
- Image
- Tetesuspensionbridge.JPG
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- Tete
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Travel guide
Understand
Tete is a city which is growing rapidly because of mining in the area. Most people use it as a stop-off to or from Malawi overland.
Connect
There are a few internet cafes in town or you can alternatively buy a 3G SIM for your mobile or dongle from Vodacom or mCel.
Go next
Chimoio: 380 km south. Blantyre, Malawi
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
Tete is the capital city of Tete Province in Mozambique. It is located on the Zambezi River, and is the site of two of the four bridges crossing the river in Mozambique. A Swahili trade center before the Portuguese colonial era, Tete continues to dominate the west-central part of the country and region, and is the largest city on the Zambezi. In the local language, Nyungwe, Tete (or Mitete) means "reed".
History