Nacala, also known as Cidade de Nacala or Nacala-Porto, is a city on the northern coast of Mozambique, in the southwestern indentation of inner Fernão Veloso Bay. It has the deepest natural port on the east coast of Africa and is the terminal of the Nacala railway, a line that links to the Central East African Railway of landlocked Malawi. It was founded as a little town and developed as a deep-water port and an industrial, agricultural and exporting centre in the last period of Portuguese rule, with cement, sisal and cashew among its major industries, and one of Mozambique's three cement works is here. South of Nacala is Mozambique Island, once the capital of the country and now a World Heritage Site. The town is also known for its beaches and scuba diving.
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Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. GeoNames: GeoNames search results for Nacala, Mozambique
GeoNamesSearch result for the town, populationQuote, Search result for the town, population
population 239,808
2. citypopulation.de: Mozambique: Administrative Division (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.deTable row for the city, 2017 census column
Nacala ( Nacala Porto) City 158,248 206,449 287,536
On Continent: Africa, Page breadcrumb
Home → Africa → Mozambique
View the Source 3. Opentopodata: SRTM 90 m elevation at the coordinates of Nacala
OpentopodataSRTM 90 m elevation at the GeoNames coordinates of the town
"elevation": 137.0
Elevation band of the SRTM 90 m elevation of the town
"elevation": 137.0
View the Source 4. Nacala (Wikipedia)
Lead, locationQuote, Lead, location
is a city on the northern coast of Mozambique
5. 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 -14.75, 40.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -14.75, 40.75
-14.75 40.75 As
6. 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
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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