Manica is a market town in Manica Province in western Mozambique, lying west of the provincial capital Chimoio near the border with Zimbabwe, with a population of 36,124 at the 2006 census. It was historically the center of the Kingdom of Manica and grew around the regional gold trade, and it is known today for the nearby Chinamapere rock paintings, with the Penha Longa Mountains rising to its north. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Latitude18.934444 degrees south 2 Sources
1. GeoNames: Manica
GeoNames geonameid 1040950 (Manica), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Manica, Mozambique (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -18.934444, longitude 32.875556
Manica, Mozambique (Wikipedia)
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Manica is a market town in western Mozambique, lying west of Chimoio in the province of Manica.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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