Catandica, known before independence as Vila Gouveia, is a town in Manica Province. It is the administrative centre and most populous town of Barué District, and at the 2008 count it had 29,052 inhabitants. It stands near the border with Zimbabwe and takes its name from the son of a local chief who had served in the Mozambican army. Wikipedia gives coordinates for Catandica that fall at about 18.06 degrees south and 33.17 degrees east. The SRTM 90 metre elevation model reads about 610 metres above sea level at that point. Like the rest of Mozambique, Catandica keeps Central Africa Time, which is two hours ahead of UTC all year.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Catandica (Wikipedia)
Lead, population
As of 2008 it had a population of 29,052.
- Source text, entity description
Part Of: Mozambique, Lead, location
Catandica (before independence known as Vila Gouveia) is a town located in the province of Manica in Mozambique.
View the Source2. Opentopodata: SRTM 90 m elevation at the coordinates of Catandica
OpentopodataSRTM 90 m elevation at the Wikipedia coordinates of the settlement
"elevation": 610.0
Elevation band of the SRTM 90 m elevation of the settlement
"elevation": 610.0
View the Source 3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -18.25, 33.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -18.25, 33.25
-18.25 33.25 Cwa
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/Maputo, the zone of Mozambique, standard offset 2:00 CATQuote, Zone Africa/Maputo, the zone of Mozambique, standard offset 2:00 CAT
Zone Africa/Maputo
citypopulation.de: Mozambique: Administrative Division (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.deOn Continent: Africa, Page breadcrumbQuote, On Continent: Africa, Page breadcrumb
Home → Africa → Mozambique
UN Statistics Division, M49 overview (source)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), M49 table, Mozambique rowQuote, In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), M49 table, Mozambique row
Mozambique
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