Matutuíne (District)

Location of the district in Mozambique

Matutuíne is a district of the Maputo province in Mozambique with its administrative headquarters in the small town of Bela Vista . Its territory is bordered by the Republic of South Africa to the south, the districts of Namaacha and Boane and the Kingdom of Swaziland to the west, and the city of Maputo to the north . To the east is the Indian Ocean .

population

The district of Matutuíne is 5,387 square kilometers and in 2005 had a population of 52,703 people, which corresponds to a population density of 10 people per square kilometer. Compared to the 1997 census - at that time there were 35,161 people in the Matutuíne district - the population has risen by 49 percent. The population is very young on average, around 39 percent of all residents are under 15 years of age, and their living conditions are predominantly rural; around 7 percent live in urbanized areas.

Facilities and services

There are 75 schools in the Matutuíne district, 53 of which are primary schools ( escolas do ensino primário ). There are 19 health centers providing medical care to the district's population.

Although the district's administration is located in Bela Vista, the district's economic center is in the seaside resort of Ponta de Ouro on the Mozambican-South African border. There is a branch of the state-owned Correios de Moçambique and a branch of the Mozambican bank Banco BCI .

Administrative division

The district of Matutuíne is divided into five administrative posts ( postos administrativos ):

Missevene with the district capital Bela Vista and the villages of Madjuva, Missevene, Salamanga and Tinonganine
Catembe-Nsime with the villages of Mungazine and Nsime
Catuane with the localities Phazuimane (Catuane) and Manhangane
Machangulo with the villages of Ndelane and Nhonguane (Santa Maria)
and Zitundo with the villages of Manhoca, Zitundo and Ponta do Ouro

In contrast to the Boane, Manhiça, Matola and Namaacha districts, the Magude district is not a munizip ( município ), so that it only has very limited rights of self-government.

traffic

Sand road on the way from Maputo to Ponta do Ouro

Although the Matutuíne district borders on two states and the economically and touristically important place Ponta do Ouro is located in the area, the traffic routes have not yet been developed. As part of the construction of the bridge between Catembe and Maputo , the sand road between Ponta do Ouro and Catembe is to be paved and the travel time is to be reduced from four to around one hour. The connection to the border crossing between Kosi Bay and South Africa consists only of sandy roads .

There is an airfield for small aircraft in Ponta do Ouro.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Perfil do Distrito de Matutuíne, Província de Maputo. (PDF) Ministério da Administração Interna, 2005, accessed on September 13, 2015 (Portuguese).
↑ Agência - Província de Maputo. Banco BCI, accessed September 13, 2015 (Portuguese).
↑ Perfil do Distrito de Marracuene, Província de Maputo. (PDF) Ministério da Administração Interna, 2005, accessed on September 5, 2015 (Portuguese).

[1] Perfil do Distrito de Matutuíne, Província de Maputo. (PDF) Ministério da Administração Interna, 2005, accessed on September 13, 2015 (Portuguese).

[2] Agência - Província de Maputo. Banco BCI, accessed September 13, 2015 (Portuguese).

[3] Perfil do Distrito de Marracuene, Província de Maputo. (PDF) Ministério da Administração Interna, 2005, accessed on September 5, 2015 (Portuguese).