Nacala
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| Coordinates | 14 ° 33 ′ S , 40 ° 41 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Mozambique | ||
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| District | Nacala-a-Velha | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | MZ-N | ||
| Residents | 207,894 (2007) | ||
 On the beach at Nacala
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Nacala is a port city in the north of Mozambique . The official name is Nacala-o-Porto (Nacala, the port), while the original Nacala-a-Velha ("Old Nacala") is on the opposite side of the bay. The eMakua name for Nacala-Porto is "Maiaia".
geography
The city is located on the Indian Ocean , on the Baia de Bengo . The natural bay is almost closed.
religion
Nacala is the seat of the diocese of Nacala .
Infrastructure and economy
The city has wide, asphalt boulevards, good restaurants and hotels. Various banks and the usual clearing and forwarding agencies have their headquarters here. Broad, touristically attractive sandy beaches run along the coast. South of Nacala is the Ilha de Moçambique , which is already better developed for tourism than the beaches of Nacala.
The port is a deep-sea port with a water depth of over 60 meters, which allows the handling of the largest ships. Four quays are available for general cargo, plus a container terminal. Around 200 ships are handled every year. With Beira and Maputo , Nacala is one of the three major ports in Mozambique.
The port of Nacala includes the 918 kilometer long railway line ( CFM -Nord) via Nampula and Cuamba to Lichinga (formerly Vila Cabral ).
The port enables the export of tantalum concentrates from the Highland African Mining Company Ltd. to Thailand and the United States .
The international airport is scheduled to open on December 13, 2014, with an initial capacity of 500,000 passengers a year. The US $ 200 million project was funded by the Brazilian and Mozambican governments.
sons and daughters of the town
- Alberto da Costa Pereira (1929–1990), Portuguese football goalkeeper
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maucau Hub: Highland African Mining Company plans to increase tantalum production in Mozambique, July 30, 2012
- ↑ Article on the airport opening ( 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. from the website of the Portuguese daily newspaper A Bola , accessed on November 27, 2014
