Moatize
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| Moatize | |
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 Moatize
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| Coordinates: 16°07′S 33°44′E / 16.117°S 33.733°E | |
| Country |  Mozambique |
| Provinces | Tete Province |
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| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 39 073 |
Moatize is a town and district located in Tete Province in Mozambique. It is located near the town of Tete and near the Zambezi River.
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[edit] Economy
In 2006, VALE, a Brazilian company gained a concession to build and operate a coal mine at Moatize to export coal via rail to Beira, a Mozambican port. Riversdale Mining [1], an Australian company also has coal leases in the area.
[edit] Transport
To transport coal from Moatize for export through Beira, 670 km of railway has to be upgraded at a cost of $375m.[2] The first train in more than two decades reached Moatize on January 30, 2010.[3]
[edit] Demographics
| Year | Population[4] |
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| 2007 | 39 073 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Riversdale Mining Limited
- ^ Australian Financial Review, 24 November 2007, p16
- ^ Railway gazette article
- ^ "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.
Coordinates: 16°07′S 33°44′E / 16.117°S 33.733°E
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