Chibuto (District)
| Chibuto District | |
|---|---|
 Location of the Chibuto district in Mozambique |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Mozambique |
| province | Gaza |
| surface | 5602 km² |
| Residents | 207,210 (2013) |
| density | 37 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | MZ-G |
Coordinates: 24 ° 41 ′ S , 33 ° 32 ′ E
Chibuto is a district of the Gaza Province in Mozambique with the capital Chibuto . Its territory is bordered to the north by the district of Chigubo , to the west by the districts of Guijá and Chokwé , to the south by the district of Xai-Xai and to the east by the province of Inhambane and the district of Mandlakaze .
geography
The Chibuto district is drained into the Limpopo , whose left tributary Changane also forms the border with Inhambane province. The climate is tropical dry with an average annual rainfall of 400 to 600 millimeters. In the winter months there is more precipitation than in the summer months, the minimum in August is 21 millimeters, the maximum in February at 143 millimeters.
population
| The district is 5,602 square kilometers and in 2013 had a population of 207,210 people. This corresponds to a population density of 37 people per square kilometer. Women are dominant in the district with 54.6 percent of the population. Chibuto is also a young district (like many in Mozambique), 45 percent of the population is younger than 15 years (as of 2013).
As in all of Mozambique, the proportion of women illiterate is high. It is noticeable in Chibuto that the proportion is higher among young women than among women between 25 and 29 years of age (as of 2007). At 26 percent, the proportion of widowed people is above average, in the province this is only eleven percent (as of 2007). |
 Illiteracy in the age groups |
Facilities and services
There are 152 primary schools ( Primárias) and eleven secondary schools (Secundárias) in the district. Of the primary schools, 116 are public schools and 36 are private schools, of the secondary schools ten are public and one is private (as of 2015).
There is a hospital, thirteen health centers and an ambulance in Chibuto.
Administrative division
The district of Chibuto is divided into six administrative posts ( postos administrativos ):
Economy and Infrastructure
In 2007 seven percent of the population had access to electrical energy, and over fifty percent had a radio. Only four percent of the population had running water, the main source of water being wells. International development aid is also trying to improve this situation.
Agriculture
The south-central Chibuto offers a good basis for agriculture as a combination of highlands and lowlands with fertile soil. However, the area is also prone to flooding and periods of drought, which is a particular challenge for farmers.
In 2010 there were 29,000 farms averaging 1.7 hectares of land. As of 2003, the largest areas were corn (10,700 hectares), cassava (8,500 hectares) and beans (4,400 hectares). The highest yields came from cassava (25,000 tons), corn (1,900 tons) and sweet potatoes (1,900 tons).
Natural resources
The only natural resource that is mined in Chibuto is titanium.
traffic
The national road EN1 from Maputo to Inhambane also crosses the district of Chibuto. There are also 318 kilometers of secondary roads, mainly star-shaped connections between the city of Chibuto and other places in the district.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Republic of Mozambique, "Perfil do Distrito do Chibuto". (pdf) 2005, accessed on May 14, 2019 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Climate-Data, Climate Chibuto. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e Instituto Nacional de Estatístic, Estatísticas do Distrito de Chibuto. (pdf) November 2013, accessed on 14 May 2019 (Portuguese).
- ^ Austria, Ministry for Integration and Foreign Affairs, Water Supply and Sanitary Facilities. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .
- ↑ WIReDSpace, South Central Chibuto: the natural environment. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .