Manica Province

Manica
Looking down from Mount Zembe
Looking down from Mount Zembe
Manica, Province of Mozambique
Manica, Province of Mozambique
CountryMozambique
CapitalChimoio
Government
 • GovernorFrancisca Domingos Tomás
Area
 • Total
62,272 km2 (24,043 sq mi)
Highest elevation
2,436 m (7,992 ft)
Population
 (2017 census)
 • Total
1,945,994
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
 [1]
Postal code
22xx
Area code(+258) 251
HDI (2019)0.492[2]
low · 3rd of 11
Websitewww.manica.gov.mz
[1]

Manica is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 62,272 km2 and a population of 1,945,994 (2017 census).[1] The province is surrounded by Zimbabwe to the west, Tete Province to the northwest, Sofala Province to the east, the Save River to the south, and the Zambezi river to the northeast.[3] Chimoio is the capital of the province.[4] The highest mountain in Mozambique, Mount Binga (2436 m), lies in this province[5] near the border with Zimbabwe. The Manica province is divided into nine districts and 34 administrative regions.

  1. ^ a b c "Estatísticas do Distrito de Bárue. Instituto Nacional de Estatística. Ano 2008" [Statistics District Bárue. National Institute of Statistics. year 2008] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Government of Mozambique. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ Briggs 2014, p. 209.
  4. ^ Briggs 2014, p. 211.
  5. ^ Briggs 2014, p. 221.