Southern Africa
Mozambique
Niassa Province

Metangula

Metangula is a small town on the shores of Lake Niassa, 110 kilometers from the provincial capital of in , Mozambique. A few kilometers north of Metangula lies the sand beach of Chuanga.
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  • Type: Town with 14,800 residents
  • Description: city
  • Also known as: “Augusto Cardoso” and “M’tangula”
Photo: Lichinga, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Metangula

Latitude
-12.69607° or 12° 41′ 46″ south
Longitude
34.81826° or 34° 49′ 6″ east
Population
14,800
Elevation
479 metres (1,572 feet)
Open location code
5GVP8R39+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1426191717
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1052702
Wiki­data ID
Q1102045
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Uzbek—“Metangula” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Metangula”
  • Catalan: “Metangula”
  • Chinese: “梅坦古拉”
  • Dutch: “Metangula”
  • French: “Metangula”
  • German: “Metangula”
  • Italian: “Metangula”
  • Polish: “Metangula”
  • Portuguese: “Metangula”
  • Spanish: “Metangula”
  • Uzbek: “Metangula”

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