Tete is the capital city of Tete Province in Mozambique . It is located on the Zambezi River , and is the site of two of the four bridges crossing the river in Mozambique. A Swahili trade center before the Portuguese colonial era , Tete continues to dominate the west-central part of the country and region, and is the largest city on the Zambezi. In the local language, Nyungwe , Tete (or Mitete) means "reed".
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20-578: A length of 2376 metres and width of 16 m it will be longer than the bridges at Tete and Katima Mulilo , exceeded only by the Dona Ana Bridge , which has been restored as a rail only bridge. The anticipated bridge was crucial in linking the Sofala Province and the Zambezia Province . The Caia bridge cost an estimated US$ 80 million. Caia also has an airport with a 900-metre paved runway, and
30-636: Is a station on the Sena railway from Beira via the Dona Ana Bridge to Malawi , Moatize and Tete , which was the damaged in the Mozambique Civil War and is currently being rehabilitated. 17°50′S 35°20′E / 17.833°S 35.333°E / -17.833; 35.333 Tete, Mozambique The region was an important Swahili trade center before the Portuguese colonial era . On
40-508: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Caia, Mozambique Caia is a town on the south bank of the Zambezi River in Sofala Province , Mozambique. It is a relatively small town with few modern facilities besides a petrol station and the neighbouring bank. Caia and surrounding communities have been experiencing an escalating HIV/AIDS epidemic, drawing national and foreign aid to
50-632: The Portuguese Colonial War in Portuguese Africa and the April 1974 military coup in Lisbon , the then Portuguese Overseas Province of Mozambique become an independent state. The newly independent People's Republic of Mozambique , created in 1975 after the exodus of Mozambique's ethnic Portuguese, descended into civil war between 1977 and 1992. Chingozi Airport ( IATA : TET , ICAO : FQTT ) on
60-719: The east coast of Africa the Portuguese were drawn to Mozambique and the Zambezi river by news of a local ruler, the Munhumutapa , who was said to have had fabulous wealth in gold. In their efforts to reach the Munhumutapa, the Portuguese established in 1531 two settlements far up the Zambezi – one of them, at Tete, some 420 kilometres (260 mi) from the sea. The Munhumutapa Kingdom and gold mines remained autonomous and mostly isolated from
70-583: The Portuguese. But in this region of east Africa – as in Portuguese Guinea and Angola in the west – Portuguese involvement became sufficiently strong to survive into the third quarter of the 20th century. Under Portuguese influence Tete had become a market centre for ivory and gold by the mid-17th century. Given a Portuguese town charter in 1761, it became a city of the Portuguese Overseas Province of Mozambique in 1959. After
80-513: The area, including a Canadian foundation called the Caia Connection based in Vila de Sena , 57.6 Kilometres north of Caia. In March 2007, construction commenced on what would be the longest road bridge to span the Zambezi. The bridge over the Zambezi was officially opened on August 1, 2009, and with some controversy, was named after the current president of Mozambique, Armando Emilio Guebuza. With
90-425: The northeastern side of the city has a 2.4 km paved runway. The one-kilometre-long Samora Machel Bridge , finished in 1973 by the Portuguese and designed by Edgar Cardoso , is a vital link on the major highway linking not just the northern and southern parts of the country, but Zimbabwe and Malawi as well. A second bridge south of the city was opened in late 2014 to allow traffic to Zambia or Malawi to bypass
100-443: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Caia . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caia&oldid=911163453 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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