Gorongosa
The 4,000 km2 Gorongosa National Park in Central Mozambique is at the southern end of the East African Great Rift Valley. The park includes the valley floor and parts of the surrounding plateaus, which are watered by rivers originating from nearby 1862-meter Mount Gorongosa.
- Type: Town with 21,800 residents
- Description: Town in Mozambique
- Also known as: “Vila Paiva d’Andrada”, “Vila Paiva de Andada”, and “Vila Paiva de Andrada”
Gorongosa
- Categories: municipality of Mozambique and locality
- Location: Sofala, Mozambique, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-18.67923° or 18° 40′ 45″ south
Longitude
34.07283° or 34° 4′ 22″ east
Population
21,800
Elevation
329 metres (1,079 feet)
Open location code
5GHP83CF+84
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Portuguese—“Gorongosa” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Gorongosa”
- Catalan: “Gorongosa”
- Chinese: “戈龍戈薩”
- German: “Vila Gorongosa”
- Malagasy: “Gorongosa”
- Polish: “Gorongosa”
- Portuguese: “Gorongosa”
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