Place:Chimoio
Chimoio pt is the capital of Manica Province in Mozambique. It is the fifth-largest city in Mozambique.
Chimoio's name under Portuguese administration was Vila Pery. Vila Pery developed under Portuguese rule as an important agricultural and textiles centre.
The town lies on the railway line from Beira to Bulawayo, near the Cabeça do Velho rock and the Chimanimani National Park. Located about 95 km from the Zimbabwean border, it has been a major destination for Zimbabwean immigrants looking for employment in Mozambique.
History and landmarks
Pre-colonial era
Arab explorations
Portuguese colonization
The Montalto Cinema, built in 1969 and abandoned after independence, was so-named because the “monte alto” or high mountain of Mozambique (Mount Binga) is on the Manica plateau. These are but a few of the infra-structures commemorating the city's golden age. Cotton harvesting, silviculture, fruit production (including citrus), and textiles, food and wood industries were the main employers along with services and administration.[1]
In 1974, during the Portuguese Colonial War/Mozambican War of Independence the Mozambican independentist guerrilla group FRELIMO launched attacks in the area of Vila Pery (now Chimoio), which was an important city of Portuguese Mozambique, putting its population in a state of alarm.[2] By this attack, Vila Pery became the first (and only) heavy populated area to be directly hit by FRELIMO during the entire Colonial War. After a military coup in Lisbon, the Carnation Revolution of 1974, the Portuguese authorities offered independence to its African territories, and Mozambique became an independent country.[3]
Independent Mozambique
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Climate
Chimoio has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa). Script error: No such module "weather box".
Demographics
| Year (census) | - | 1997 | 171,056 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 237,497 | ||
| 2017 | 372,821 |
Infrastructure
The city has one of the most important railway stations on the Beira–Bulawayo railway.[7]
See also
- Estádio do Textáfrica
- Operation Dingo
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Chimoio
- Wikivoyage:Chimoio
References
- ↑ VILA PERY-CHIMOIO, a film of Vila Pery, Portuguese Mozambique.
- ↑ https://www.cd25a.uc.pt/media/pdf/Biblioteca%20digital/Cota%20MS/MS0266_Seminario%20Guerra%20de%20Africa_2012.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ↑ Couto, Mia (2004-04-01). "Carnation revolution" (in en). https://mondediplo.com/2004/04/15mozambique.
- ↑ "World Weather Information Service–Chimoio". World Meteorological Organization. http://worldweather.wmo.int/en/city.html?cityId=125. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ↑ "CHIMOIO, MZ Climate: All Years". Starlings Roost Weather. http://starlingsroost.ddns.net/weather/worldclimate/graphs.php?climate=allyears&code=MZ000067295.
- ↑ "Mozambique: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-153. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ↑ Mozambique Logistics Infrastructure: Mozambique Railway Assessment . Atlassian Confluence. 10 de dezembro de 2018.
Further reading
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