Mogovolas (district)
| Mogovolas district | |
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 Location of the Mogovolas district in Mozambique |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Mozambique |
| province | Nampula |
| surface | 4760 km² |
| Residents | 349,644 (2013) |
| density | 73 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | MZ-N |
Coordinates: 15 ° 47 ′ S , 39 ° 14 ′ E
Mogovolas is a district in the Mozambican province of Nampula with the capital Nametil . The district of Mogovolas is located in the southern part of the province of Nampula and borders in the north on the city district Nampula and the district Meconta , in the west on the province Zambezia , in the south on the district Moma and in the east on the district Angoche .
geography
Mogovolas has an area of 4,760 square kilometers and 349,644 inhabitants. The district has a dry, tropical climate with an average annual rainfall of 800 to 1,200 millimeters. In winter, there is much less rainfall in Mogovolas than in summer. The climate classification is Aw according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification . The low rainfall combined with the high temperatures lead to a critical water shortage for agricultural production, as droughts often occur during the growing season.
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Climate table
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The district is drained by the following rivers:
- Meluli with the Mutacazi tributary
- Nahá
- Pitamacanha with the tributaries Nathere and Maculane
- Murririmué with its tributaries Nambomoto, Macassa and Napalavi
- Mutacaze
Except for the Meluli, all rivers are periodic, that is, they only carry water during the rainy season .
population
With 73 inhabitants per square kilometer, Mogovolas has a high population density for Mozambique. As in many districts, the population is very young, 16.2 percent of the population are under five years old.
| The graph above shows the number of people by age in the years 2009 to 2014. The height of the bars shows how the number of people under 10 has risen sharply in the last five years. The age structure of the population shows an economic dependency ratio of 10:13, that is, for every ten children or older people there are thirteen people of working age.
While there are almost forty percent Muslims in the province of Nampula, in Mogovolas it is around a quarter, whereas the number of Christians in the district is significantly higher. The predominant language is Makua . 86 percent of the population over the age of five do not speak Portuguese. |
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Facilities and services
| There are 169 primary schools ( Primárias) in the district , of which 137 are public schools and 32 are private schools. Of the nine secondary schools (Secundárias) all are public (as of 2013). There are 63 pupils for one teacher in primary schools. Almost half of these teachers have not completed any pedagogical training. In the secondary schools there are eighteen students for one teacher (as of 2013).
Since only twenty percent of the population have attended school, the illiteracy rate is high (see graph on the right). Administrative divisionThe district of Mogovolas is divided into five administrative posts ( postos administrativos ): |
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Economy and Infrastructure
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The average dwelling is a hut with the ground, walls made of reeds or sticks, and a roof made of straw or reeds. Only two percent of the population have electricity, 85 percent have no latrine, 69 percent get the water from a well without a pump outdoors and 22 percent get the water from a river or lake.
Agriculture, forestry, hunting
Basic foods are grown on 69,000 farms. There is only one large farm with a cultivation area of 884 hectares, the average farm size is 1.1 hectares. The main crops are corn, cassava , beans, peanuts and sweet potatoes . There are also a variety of fruit trees, coconut palms and cashew trees . Domestic animals are also kept in some areas, mainly chickens, ducks and goats for personal use, as well as oxen, goats, pigs and sheep for marketing. In addition to droughts and pests, inadequacies in seeds are a major obstacle to production. International programs help farmers improve their seeds.
The total area of the forest is 72,000 hectares. On the one hand, wood is used as a building material and is the most frequently used energy source as firewood. Selling wood and charcoal is an important additional source of income. Illegal deforestation and uncontrolled fires endanger the forest.
Hunting is a dietary supplement for many families. The main wild animals are wild boars, rabbits and gazelles.
Natural resources
No natural resources are mined in the district.
traffic
The Mogovolas district has mainly regional road connections. Most likely to be highlighted are the main roads that connect Nametil with the provincial capital Nampula and with Murrupula (via Iulúti).
There is no railway connection in Mogovolas,
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Instituto Nacional de Estatístic, Estatísticas do Distrito de Mogovolas. (pdf) November 2013, accessed May 28, 2019 (Portuguese).
- ↑ a b Climate-Data.org. Retrieved May 28, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Republic of Mozambique, Perfil do Distrito de Mogovolas. (pdf) (No longer available online.) 2005, archived from the original on June 7, 2012 ; Retrieved May 28, 2019 (Portuguese). 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.
- ^ Feed the Future, Project Publications, Anacleto. Retrieved May 29, 2019 .
