Mueda Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mueda | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,789 ft / 850 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 11°40′22″S39°33′47″E / 11.67278°S 39.56306°E Coordinates: 11°40′22″S39°33′47″E / 11.67278°S 39.56306°E | ||||||||||
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  MUD Location of the airport in Mozambique | |||||||||||
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Mueda Airport( IATA : MUD, ICAO : FQMD) is an airport serving Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique.
Cabo Delgado is the northernmost province of Mozambique. It has an area of 82,625 km² and a population of 2,320,261 (2017). As well as bordering the neighboring country of Tanzania, it borders the provinces of Nampula and Niassa. The region is an ethnic stronghold of the Makonde tribe, with the Makua and Mwani as leading ethnic minorities.
The Makonde are an ethnic group in southeast Tanzania, northern Mozambique, and Kenya. The Makonde developed their culture on the Mueda Plateau in Mozambique. At present they live throughout Tanzania and Mozambique, and have a small presence in Kenya. The Makonde population in Tanzania was estimated in 2001 to be 1,140,000, and the 1997 census in Mozambique put the Makonde population in that country at 233,358, for an estimated total of 1,373,358. The ethnic group is roughly divided by the Ruvuma River; members of the group in Tanzania are referred to as the Makonde, and those in Mozambique as the Maconde. The two groups have developed separate languages over time but share a common origin and culture.
Mueda is a district of the province of Cabo Delgado, in Moçambique. The capital is the town of Mueda.
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Mueda is the largest town of the Makonde Plateau in northeastern Mozambique. It is the capital of the Mueda District in Cabo Delgado Province. It is the center of the culture of the Makondes, and the production of their ebony sculptures.
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Makonde may refer to:
Negomano or Ngomano is a village in northern Mozambique, in Cabo Delgado Province. It is located on the border with Tanzania on the confluence of the Ruvuma River and the Lugenda River.
Ngapa may refer to:
Ngapa is a village in Mueda District, in Cabo Delgado Province of northern Mozambique.
Visitors to Mozambique unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries can obtain a visa on arrival at all border posts or from one of the Mozambican diplomatic missions.
The Mtwara Development Project is a major infrastructure development project involving southern Tanzania, northern Mozambique, eastern Malawi and Eastern Zambia. The goal of this project is to provide road, rail and waterway access from the surrounding region to the Port of Mtwara. The region and the corridor has been neglected by the respective governments for over 40 years and the recent discovery of oil, gas and various minerals has kick started the development of the project. A road and rail link is to be built from the port of Mtwara to Mbamba Bay on Lake Nyasa to link Malawi to the corridor and further road links into Mozambique will facilitate access to northern Mozambique.
Tanzania–Mozambique relations are bilateral relations between Tanzania and Mozambique.
The Makonde Plateau, also known as the Newala Plateau, is a plateau in southeastern Tanzania. It is mostly within Mtwara Region, with the northeast corner in Lindi Region.
The Mueda Plateau, also known as the Maconde Plateau, is a plateau in Cabo Delgado Province of northeastern Mozambique.
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