Zumbo (district)

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Zumbo District
Location of the Zumbo district in Mozambique
Location of the Zumbo district in Mozambique
Basic data
Country Mozambique
province Tete
surface 12,001 km²
Residents 70,384 (2013)
density 5.9 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 MZ-T

Coordinates: 15 ° 37 ′  S , 30 ° 27 ′  E

Zumbo is a district of Tete Province in Mozambique with administrative headquarters in the town of Zumbo . Its territory is bordered to the north and to the west by the Republic of Zambia , the south by the district Magoé and on the east by the district Marávia .

geography

Zumbo has an area of ​​12,001 square kilometers and 70,384 inhabitants (as of 2013). The district is located in the north-western part of Mozambique and is bounded in the south by the Zambezi River , whose reservoir, formed by the Cahora-Bassa dam , extends to near the city of Zumbo. To the west, the district is bounded by the Luangwa River , which forms the border with Zambia. The northern part are plateaus at an altitude of 200 to 1,000 meters above sea level.

The climate is a tropical savannah climate, the average annual rainfall is 800 millimeters, but can sometimes reach 1,200 or 1,400 millimeters. Most of the precipitation falls in the months of December to February, the summer months are extremely dry.


Climate table Zumbo (city)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 32.1 32.1 32.6 32.7 31.5 28.3 28.3 30.5 34.4 37.6 36.5 34.2 O 32.6
Min. Temperature (° C) 26.8 21.6 20.9 19.1 14.9 12.6 12.6 14.2 18.6 22.5 22.7 22nd O 19th
Temperature (° C) 26.8 26.8 26.7 25.9 23.2 20.4 20.4 22.3 26.5 30th 29.6 28.1 O 25.5
Precipitation ( mm ) 184 175 74 11 3 0 0 1 1 9 62 173 Σ 693
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32.1
26.8
32.1
21.6
32.6
20.9
32.7
19.1
31.5
14.9
28.3
12.6
28.3
12.6
30.5
14.2
34.4
18.6
37.6
22.5
36.5
22.7
34.2
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175
74
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62
173
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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population

  • Population density, age: With fewer than six people per square kilometer, Zumbo has a very low population density . As in many districts in Mozambique, the population is very young, over fifty percent of the population are younger than fifteen.
  • Religion: Around a quarter of the population are Christians, only 0.2 percent are Muslims, and almost half do not profess any religious community. In the province, more than 10 percent are Muslim and less than 1 percent have no religious affiliation.
  • Language: The most widely spoken language is Cinyungwe , a Bantu language. Only around ten percent of those over 5 speak Portuguese.

Facilities and services

  • Schools: There are 63 primary schools ( Primárias) and one secondary school (Secundárias) in the district . All schools are public schools (as of 2012). Only seventeen percent of the population attend or go to primary school.
  • Illiteracy: The low school attendance also means that the percentage of illiterate people is high. It is noticeable that the illiteracy rate among men in Zumbo is higher among those under 40 years of age than among the 40 to 59 age group. As in the provincial average, the illiteracy rate in Zumbo is significantly higher among women than among men (as of 2007).
  • Health system: There is no hospital in the Zumbo district, but there are four health centers (as of 2012).
Illiteracy by age group

Administrative division

The Zumbo district is divided into three administrative posts ( postos administrativos ):

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2007, 42 percent of households had a radio, 51 percent had a bike, and 0.2 percent had a car.

Agriculture

Agriculture is the most important source of income for the population and affects almost all households. Most of the agriculture is done by hand in small family businesses. In 2010, 12,260 farmers cultivated a total of 14,713 hectares. Around a third of the farms are less than half a hectare in size, around half of which are run by women. Several family members work in almost all companies, including children under 10 years of age. Because of the low rainfall, the risk of crop failure is high.

The highest yields come from maize, cassava, beans, peanuts and sweet potatoes are also grown, and there are also many fruit trees.

In addition to arable farming, there are around 4,000 cattle breeders and 7,000 poultry farmers (as of 2005). Income is also increased through the sale of firewood, reeds and charcoal, as well as hunting and fishing.

Hippos in the Cahora-Bassa reservoir

There are also conflicts with wildlife in the district. The following cases were registered in the first half of 2005:

  • 5 oxen devoured by lions
  • 32 elephant and hippo farms destroyed
  • 10 canoes sunk by hippos
  • 23 people killed by crocodiles

In the first half of 2018, seven people in the district were killed by wildlife, six by crocodiles and one by a hippopotamus.

Natural resources

The district has supplies of gold, iron, copper, titanium, chromium, nickel and magnesite.

traffic

Zumbo has no national road and only a regional road network. There are also no rail connections, but sea and river shipping.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Instituto Nacional de Estatístic, Estatísticas do Distrito de Zumbo. (pdf) November 2013, accessed on 29 May 2019 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ a b c Republic of Mozambique, "Perfil do Distrito do Zumbo. (Pdf) 2005, accessed on May 29, 2019 (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ Climate-Date-org, Clima Zumbo. Retrieved May 29, 2019 .
  4. ^ Club of Mozambique, Wild animals kill seven people in Zumbo. July 19, 2018, accessed May 30, 2019 .