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In 1998, a provincial college was built in
Lichinga to train teachers. Partially financed by the Irish Embassy in Maputo, it graduates 60 teachers per year. Apart from training teachers for local schools, the college offers primary school education to the local Lichinga community and works towards
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The majority in Niassa province practice Islam. Monotheist religion adherence was asked in the 2007 census (Protestant / Catholic / Muslim / Zion) leaving aside so-called traditional religion followers. Answers provided a majority of protestants (74%) in the administrative post of Cobue, bordering
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Lake Niassa and inhabited mostly by the Nyanja. The majority of the Yao are nominal Muslim (a fact that can be recognized in a map's administrative posts north of the river
Messalo). South of the river, the Makhuwas follow the Catholic or Islamic faith.
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living in
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with an area of 129,056 km and a population of 1,810,794 (2017). It is the most sparsely populated province in the country.
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is the capital of the province. There are a minimum estimated 450,000
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forms the western border of the province, separating it from
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After the 2007 Census it was found that native speakers of
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forms much of the northern boundary of the province with
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Cameroon: Administrative
Division population statistics
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Lake Malawi in the part that corresponds to
Mozambique
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or Chewa language a 11%, and
Portuguese speakers 9%.
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Niassa
Province is divided into the 15 districts of:
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reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS in Niassa province.
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608:"Total Population By Provinces - 2006"
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150:Niassa, Province of Mozambique
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696:Fauna and Flora International
572: Other Religion (1.50%)
536:Religion in Niassa Province
196:1,836 m (6,024 ft)
408:and the municipalities of:
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312:. The province shares the
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863:Provinces of Mozambique
314:Niassa National Reserve
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699:. 2009. Archived from
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193:Highest elevation
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96:Province in Mozambique
27:Province of Mozambique
691:"The Lions of Niassa"
671:hdi.globaldatalab.org
578: Unknown (1.08%)
454:Historical population
446:31%, speakers of the
318:Cabo Delgado Province
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217:14/km (36/sq mi)
620:on November 24, 2007
214: • Density
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373:Mecanhelas District
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206: • Total
185: • Total
18:Niassa, Mozambique
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383:Metarica District
353:Mandimba District
343:Lichinga District
316:with neighboring
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444:Yao language
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429:Demographics
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290:Ruvuma River
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564:Irreligious
302:Lake Niassa
222:Postal code
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32:Lake Malawi
948:Categories
786:2009-12-31
761:2022-03-17
707:2009-12-31
676:2018-09-13
652:2009-12-31
624:2008-06-15
594:References
237:(+258) 271
201:Population
162:Mozambique
91:Yao people
83:Mozambique
884:Inhambane
585:Education
510:1,810,794
499:1,213,398
434:Languages
423:Metangula
324:Districts
310:landmines
255:8th of 11
233:Area code
209:1,810,794
924:Zambezia
642:"Niassa"
556:(37.65%)
546:(59.03%)
525:Religion
418:Lichinga
300:, while
298:Tanzania
174:Lichinga
128:Province
87:Lichinga
79:province
904:Nampula
566:(0.74%)
518:source:
488:808,572
477:514,100
468:±% p.a.
440:Makhuwa
268:.niassa
261:Website
169:Capital
157:Country
116:Swahili
46:36°30′E
43:13°15′S
914:Sofala
909:Niassa
899:Maputo
889:Manica
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513:+4.08%
502:+4.14%
491:+2.70%
448:Nyanja
413:Cuamba
306:Malawi
245:(2019)
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103:Niassa
70:Niassa
544:Islam
248:0.425
77:is a
919:Tete
879:Gaza
507:2017
496:2007
485:1997
474:1980
463:Pop.
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