Chokwe, Mozambique

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This article is about the city of Chokwe in Mozambique. For the Central African ethnic group, see Chokwe .
Chokwe
Chokwe (Mozambique )
Chokwe
Chokwe
Coordinates: 24°32′S 32°59′E / -24.533, 32.983
Country Flag of Mozambique Mozambique
Provinces Gaza Province
District


Chokwé, or Chokue, is a rural town land capital of Chokwe District ocated in the province of Gaza in Mozambique. It is located about 230 km north of the capital city of Maputo. This agricultural town is noted for its tomatoes.[1]

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[edit] Economy

Chokwe lies in the mixed farming zone on the southern side of the Limpopo river. There has been recent immigration of cattle and people into this relatively safe town and district from surrounding areas affected by the war, and concentration of a previously more scattered population into villages on the edge of a large irrigation scheme. This has caused many cattle to die of hunger in the dry season [1].


Despite the relative safety, in 2000 the town and its surroundings were particularly hard hit by rising flood waters from the Limpopo River.


[edit] Transport

Chokwe is served by a station on the southern line of Mozambique Railways.

[edit] See also


[edit] References

  1. ^ Timberlake, J., Livestock production systems in Chokwe, southern Mozambique, UNDP/FAO, Land and Water Department, National Agronomic Research Institute (INIA) in Maputo

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Coordinates: 24°32′S, 32°59′E


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