Manica Province

Manica
Manica
Province
	Looking down from Mount Zembe
	Manica, Province of Mozambique
Country	Mozambique
Capital	Chimoio
Government
• Governor	Francisca Domingos Tomás
Area
• Total	62,272 km2 (24,043 sq mi)
Highest elevation	2,436 m (7,992 ft)
Population (2017 census)
• Total	1,945,994
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Postal code	22xx
Area code	(+258) 251
HDI (2019)	0.492; low · 3rd of 11
Website	www.manica.gov.mz

Manica is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 62,272 km² and a population of 1,945,994 (2017 census).^[1] The province is surrounded by Zimbabwe in the west, Tete Province in the northwest, Sofala Province in the east, Save River in the south, and Zambezi river in the northeast.^[3] Chimoio is the capital of the province.^[4] The highest mountain in Mozambique, Mount Binga (2436 m), lies in this province^[5] near the border with Zimbabwe. The Manica province is divided into nine districts and 34 administrative regions.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Estatísticas do Distrito de Bárue. Instituto Nacional de Estatística. Ano 2008" [Statistics District Bárue. National Institute of Statistics. year 2008] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Government of Mozambique. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ Briggs 2014, p. 209.
^ Briggs 2014, p. 211.
^ Briggs 2014, p. 221.

[population-1] "Estatísticas do Distrito de Bárue. Instituto Nacional de Estatística. Ano 2008" [Statistics District Bárue. National Institute of Statistics. year 2008] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Government of Mozambique. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

[GlobalDataLab-2] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

[FOOTNOTEBriggs2014209-3] Briggs 2014, p. 209.

[FOOTNOTEBriggs2014211-4] Briggs 2014, p. 211.

[FOOTNOTEBriggs2014221-5] Briggs 2014, p. 221.

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