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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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″ southLongitude
34.07283° or 34° 4′ 22″ eastPopulation
21,800Elevation
329 metres (1,079 feet)Open location code
5GHP83CF+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 1418232180OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1024680Wikidata ID
Q14216746
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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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