Nampula Province

Nampula
Basic data
Country	Mozambique
surface	81,606 km²
Residents	6,102,867 (2017 census)
density	75 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	MZ-N
Website	nampula.gov.mz (Portuguese)

Coordinates: 15 ° 10 ′  S , 39 ° 7 ′  E

The province of Nampula is located in the east of Mozambique . It has an area of ​​around 81,606 km². About six million people live in this area.

The capital of the province of Nampula is the city of Nampula with about 303,346 inhabitants.

population

The population of the province rose from 2.4 million in the 1980 census to 6.1 million in the 2017 census, making Nambula the most populous province in Mozambique.

Census year	population
1980	2,402,700
1990	3,063,456
2007	3,985,613
2017	6,102,867

Society and economy

The province is mainly inhabited by Makua . In addition to traditional agriculture and subsistence farming, mainly pineapples, bananas, cotton, cashews, corn, mangoes and tobacco are produced in larger farms.

Ilha de Moçambique

The island of Ilha de Moçambique belongs to this province . It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1992 . The course of 15 years of civil war and its effects destroyed a hitherto unique coexistence of many cultures on this island and triggered considerable refugee movements.

Administrative structure

The province of Nampula is divided into 18 districts :

• Angoche
• Eráti
• Lalaua
• Malema
• Meconta
• Mecubúri
• Memba
• Mogincual
• Mogovolas
• Moma
• Monapo
• Mossuril
• Muecate
• Murrupula
• Nacala-a-Velha
• Nacarôa
• Nampula
• Ribauè

literature

• Manfred Kuder: Mocambique, a geographical, social and economic country studies , scientific country customers, volume 10

Web links

Commons : Nampula Province  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Portal do Governo da Província de Nampula on www.nampula.gov.mz (Portuguese)
• Ministério da Administração Estatal: Perfis dos Distritos. on www.nampula.gov.mz (Portuguese)