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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
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Mozambique
- Located in
- Tete Province
- Population
- +152909
- Area
- +149.3
- Elevation
- +140
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Zambezi River
- Image
- Tetesuspensionbridge.JPG
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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".
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