Manhiça

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Manhiça Municipal Market

Manhiça is a small town ( vila ) in the Maputo Province in southern Mozambique on the border with Gaza Province. Manhiça is an administrative post ( posto administrativo ), a Munizip with self-administration rights and at the same time the capital of the district of the same name . In 2005 about 60,031 people lived in the place.

geography

The city is located right on the right bank of the Incomáti River , a river that flows from South Africa to Mozambique and flows into the Indian Ocean south of Manhiça.

There are a good 75 kilometers between the capital Maputo and Manhiça. In the place (or in the area of ​​the administrative post of the same name) lived on January 1, 2005 about 60,031 people. The surrounding town of Maciana is also included in Manhiça. This means that the administrative post itself is 412 square kilometers.

The EN1 trunk road , which connects southern and northern Mozambique and is one of the most important transport links in the country, runs through the town . The place is therefore particularly important for travelers passing through.

Manhiça Railway Station on the Linha de Limpopo

history

Manhiça was elevated to a small town ( Vila ) on May 18, 1957 during the Portuguese colonial period and thus received (limited) self-government. Manhiça has been a Munizip (roughly urban districts, Portuguese : município ) since 1998 . The creation of a Munizip is primarily associated with the privilege of being able to choose the local government in local elections. Since then, the local population has always voted for the FRELIMO candidates: Laura Daniel Tamele ( 1998 ), Alberto Chicuamba ( 2003 , 2008 ) and Luís Munguambe ( 2013 ).

Town Hall ( Conselho Municipal )

economy

The local population lives mainly from agriculture and trade. The place benefits in particular from the travelers on the national trunk road EN1 , which passes the place.

Personalities

The diplomat Carlos dos Santos (* 1961) was born in Manhiça.

Web links

Commons : Manhiça  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Perfil do Distrito de Manhiça, Província de Maputo. (pdf) Ministério da Administração Interna, 2005, accessed on September 6, 2015 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ EM 52 AUTARQUIAS DO PAÍS: Confirmada vitória da Frelimo. In: Jornal Notícias. December 6, 2013, accessed September 6, 2015 (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ Rui Lamarques: Autárquicas 2013: Manhiça, Uma Vila limpa, mas ... In: A Verdade. May 30, 2013, Retrieved September 6, 2015 (Portuguese).

Coordinates: 25 ° 24 ′  S , 32 ° 48 ′  E