Lichinga
Lichinga is the capital city of Niassa Province of Mozambique. It lies on the Lichinga Plateau at an altitude of 1,360 metres, east of Lake Niassa. The town was founded as Vila Cabral as a farming and military settlement.
- City with about 142,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,400 metres (4,590 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code VXC
- Description: Província do Niassa
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Latitude
-13.2999° or 13° 17′ 60″ south
Longitude
35.2459° or 35° 14′ 45″ east
UN/LOCODE
MZ VXC
Open location code
5GRQP62W+28
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Lichinga” goes by many names.
LichingaAfrikaans
Vila CabralAfrikaans
ሊቺንጋAmharic
ليتشينجاArabic
ليشنجاArabic
ԼիշինգաArmenian
LichingaAsturian
LichingaAzerbaijani
LichingaBasque
লিচিঙ্গাBengali
LichingaCatalan
Vila CabralCatalan
LichingaCebuano
利欣加Chinese
LichingaCroatian
Vila CabralCroatian
LichingaCzech
LichingaDanish
LichingaDutch
ليشنجاEgyptian Arabic
LichingaEsperanto
LichingaFinnish
LichingaGagauz
ლიშინგაGeorgian
ΛιτσίνγκαGreek
લીચિંગાGujarati
LichingaHausa
ליצ’ינגהHebrew
लिचिंगाHindi
लिचिनगाHindi
LichingaIndonesian
LichingaIrish
LichingaItalian
ヴィラ・カブラルJapanese
リシンガJapanese
リチンガJapanese
LichingaJavanese
ಲಿಚಿಂಗKannada
ЛичингаKazakh
ЛичингаKirghiz
리싱가Korean
LišingaLatvian
LišingaLithuanian
LišingasLithuanian
LichingaMalagasy
LichingaMalay
लिचिंगाMarathi
ЛишингаMoksha
LichingaNorthern Frisian
LichingaNorwegian
LichingaNorwegian Bokmål
LichingaOromo
ਲਿਚਿਂਗਾPanjabi
لیچینگاPersian
لیچینگا، موزامبیکPersian
LichingaPolish
Vila CabralPolish
لیچنګاPushto
LichingaRomanian
ЛишингаRussian
ලිචින්ගාSinhala
LichingaSomali
LichingaSwahili
LichingaSwedish
LichingaTagalog
ЛичингаTajik
லீசிங்காTamil
ЛичингаTatar
లీచింగాTelugu
ลีชิงกาThai
LichingaTurkish
ЛішингаUkrainian
لیچینگاUrdu
LichingaUzbek
LichingaVenetian
LichingaVietnamese
利欣加Wu Chinese
利秦嘉Yue Chinese
LichingaZulu
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