Mocímboa da Praia
| Mocímboa da Praia | |||
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| Coordinates | 11 ° 21 ′ S , 40 ° 21 ′ E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Mozambique | ||
| Cabo Delgado | |||
| District | Mocímboa da Praia | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | MZ-P | ||
| Residents | 30,000 | ||
Mocímboa da Praia is a Mozambican port city on the Indian Ocean .
geography
Mocímboa da Praia is located in the Mocímboa da Praia district of Cabo Delgado Province , in the far north of the country and is the last larger town before the border with Tanzania .
population
A large part of the approximately 30,000 inhabitants belong to the Swahili .
A transport of Portuguese troops lands in Mocímboa da Praia (1968), photo from the colonial war in Mozambique (1964 to 1975)
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history
On March 8, 1959, the place received city rights.
In the summer of 2020, Islamist insurgents managed to take control of the city.
Economy and Infrastructure
The airport Mocimboa Da Praia Airport has a runway of about 2000 meters.
Web links
Commons : Mocímboa da Praia - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ world-gazetteer.com
- ↑ Project_Management_Plan.pdf
- ↑ Vila da Mocímboa da Praia comemora 52º aniversario ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ "Mozambique: Jihadi militants making inroads" dw.com from August 16, 2020
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
