Nacala

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Nacala (also known as Cidade de Nacala or Nacala-Porto) is a city on the northern coast of Mozambique. Located in the southwestern indentation of inner Fernao Veloso Bay, it is the deepest natural port on the east coast of Africa. Nacala serves as the terminal for the Nacala railway, a rail line to the landlocked Malawi. South of Nacala is Mozambique Island, at one time the capital of Mozambique and now a World Heritage Site.

History

Nacala was founded as a little town and developed as a deep waters port and an industrial, agricultural and exporting centre during the last period of the Portuguese rule of the territory which ended in the mid-1970s. Among its major industries were cement, sisal and cashew. Other important employers were the seaport, its small modern hospital, and services (banking, insurance and administration).

Industry

Nacala is site of one of three cement works in Mozambique.

Transport

Nacala is the terminal of the Nacala railway that connects to the Central East African Railway (CEAR) of Malawi. The railway system was managed by the Railroad Development Corporation until September 2008 when it was sold to a group of Mozambican investors.

It is the location of the deep water port of Port of Nacala. A coal terminal, operated by the Port of Nacala, is located in the town of Nacala-a-Velha on the opposite side of the bay from Nacala.

Nacala Airport is a former airbase that has been converted into an international airport.

Demographics

::data[format=table] | Year (census) | url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-153 |title=Mozambique: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population|access-date=2008-06-18 |work=World Gazetteer }} | |---|---| | 1997 | 158,248 | | 2007 | 206,449 | | 2017 | 225,034 | ::

Climate

|location = Nacala |single line = Yes |metric first = Yes |Jan high F = 89 |Feb high F = 89 |Mar high F = 89 |Apr high F = 89 |May high F = 88 |Jun high F = 86 |Jul high F = 85 |Aug high F =86 |Sep high F = 87 |Oct high F = 89 |Nov high F =89 |Dec high F = 89 |year high F = 88 |Jan low F = 67 |Feb low F = 67 |Mar low F = 67 |Apr low F = 65 |May low F = 63 |Jun low F = 61 |Jul low F = 60 |Aug low F = 59 |Sep low F = 61 |Oct low F = 64 |Nov low F = 65 |Dec low F = 66 |year low F = 64 |Jan precipitation inch = 7.6 |Feb precipitation inch =7.6 |Mar precipitation inch = 6.7 |Apr precipitation inch = 2.2 |May precipitation inch = 0.5 |Jun precipitation inch = 0.4 |Jul precipitation inch = 0.1 |Aug precipitation inch = 0.3 |Sep precipitation inch = 0.2 |Oct precipitation inch = 0.2 |Nov precipitation inch = 1.3 |Dec precipitation inch = 4.8 |year precipitation inch = 31.8 |source 1 = Weatherbase |url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=104276&refer=wikipedia |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Nacala, Mozambique |publisher=Weatherbase |year=2011 Retrieved on November 24, 2011. |date=November 2011

Miscellaneous

The town is also known for its beaches and scuba diving.

Namesake

There is another town in Mozambique that contains the name Nacala, it is called Nacala-a-Velha ("The Old Nacala"), just across the bay (c. 30km by road).

References

References

  2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5ytUJNY0kQ Nacala - no outro lado do tempo], short film of Nacala, [[Portuguese Mozambique]] before independence in 1975.
  3. [http://www.progressiverailroading.com/freightnews/article.asp?id=6132 RDC management]
  4. (July 2021). "Mozambique: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer }}{{dead link.

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