Provinces of Mozambique

First-level administrative subdivision of Mozambique

Provinces of Mozambique
Províncias de Moçambique (Portuguese)

Category| Unitary state
Location| Mozambique
Number| 11 Provinces
Populations| 1,446,654 (Gaza) – 6,102,867 (Nampula)
Areas| 347 km2 (134 sq mi) (Maputo City) – 129,056 km2 (49,829 sq mi) (Niassa)
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Mozambique is divided into 10 provinces (províncias) and 1 capital city (cidade) with provincial status:

Map Key  | Province  | Capital  | Area
(km2) [1] | Population
(2007 census)  | Population
(2017 census)  | Region

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1  | Cabo Delgado | Pemba | 86,625  | 1,606,568  | 2,333,278  | North
2  | Gaza | Xai-Xai | 75,709  | 1,228,514  | 1,446,654  | South
3  | Inhambane | Inhambane | 68,615  | 1,271,818  | 1,496,824  | South
4  | Manica | Chimoio | 61,661  | 1,412,248  | 1,911,237  | Central
5  | Maputo City | \-  | 347  | 1,094,628  | 1,101,170  | South
6  | Maputo | Matola | 26,011  | 1,205,709  | 2,507,098  | South
7  | Nampula | Nampula | 81,606  | 3,985,613  | 6,102,867  | North
8  | Niassa | Lichinga | 129,056  | 1,170,783  | 1,865,976  | North
9  | Sofala | Beira | 68,018  | 1,642,920  | 2,221,803  | Central
10  | Tete | Tete | 100,724  | 1,783,967  | 2,764,169  | Central
11  | Zambezia | Quelimane | 105,008  | 3,849,455  | 5,110,787  | North

## See also[edit]

* List of provinces of Mozambique by Human Development Index
* Districts of Mozambique
* ISO 3166-2:MZ

## External links[edit]

* Provinces of Mozambique, Statoids.org

## References[edit]

1. ^ Mozambique at GeoHive Archived 2014-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

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Provinces of Mozambique

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