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Moatize Coordinates: 16°07′S 33°44′E / 16.117°S 33.733°E Country Mozambique Provinces Tete Province District 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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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.
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]
Demographics
Year Population[4] 2007 39 073 See also
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
Categories:- Populated places in Mozambique
- Tete Province
- Mozambique geography stubs
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