Lichinga

Lichinga is the capital city of of . 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.
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  • Type: City with 142,000 residents
  • Description: Província do Niassa
  • Also known as: “Ciudad de Lichinga”, “Lišingas”, “Vila Cabral”, “Villa Cabral”, “ヴィラ・カブラル”, and “リチンガ”

Lichinga

Latitude
-13.2999° or 13° 17′ 60″ south
Longitude
35.2459° or 35° 14′ 45″ east
Population
142,000
Elevation
1,349 metres (4,426 feet)
IATA airport code
VXC
UN/LOCODE
MZ VXC
Open location code
5GRQP62W+28
Open­Street­Map ID
node 335126704
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1043893
Wiki­data ID
Q667650
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Lichinga” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Lichinga”
  • Amharic: “ሊቺንጋ”
  • Arabic: “ليتشينجا”
  • Arabic: “ليشنجا”
  • Armenian: “Լիշինգա”
  • Asturian: “Lichinga”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lichinga”
  • Basque: “Lichinga”
  • Bengali: “লিচিঙ্গা”
  • Catalan: “Lichinga”
  • Cebuano: “Lichinga”
  • Chinese: “利欣加”
  • Croatian: “Lichinga”
  • Czech: “Lichinga”
  • Danish: “Lichinga”
  • Dutch: “Lichinga”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليشنجا”
  • Esperanto: “Lichinga”
  • Finnish: “Lichinga”
  • French: “Lichinga”
  • Gagauz: “Lichinga”
  • Georgian: “ლიშინგა”
  • German: “Lichinga”
  • Greek: “Λιτσίνγκα”
  • Gujarati: “લીચિંગા”
  • Hausa: “Lichinga”
  • Hebrew: “ליצ’ינגה”
  • Hindi: “लिचिंगा”
  • Hindi: “लिचिनगा”
  • Indonesian: “Lichinga”
  • Irish: “Lichinga”
  • Italian: “Lichinga”
  • Japanese: “リシンガ”
  • Javanese: “Lichinga”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಚಿಂಗ”
  • Kazakh: “Личинга”
  • Kirghiz: “Личинга”
  • Korean: “리싱가”
  • Latvian: “Lišinga”
  • Lithuanian: “Lišinga”
  • Malagasy: “Lichinga”
  • Malay: “Lichinga”
  • Marathi: “लिचिंगा”
  • Moksha: “Лишинга”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lichinga”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lichinga”
  • Norwegian: “Lichinga”
  • Oromo: “Lichinga”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਿਚਿਂਗਾ”
  • Persian: “لیچینگا، موزامبیک”
  • Persian: “لیچینگا”
  • Polish: “Lichinga”
  • Portuguese: “Lichinga”
  • Pushto: “لیچنګا”
  • Romanian: “Lichinga”
  • Russian: “Лишинга”
  • Sinhala: “ලිචින්ගා”
  • Somali: “Lichinga”
  • Spanish: “Lichinga”
  • Swahili: “Lichinga”
  • Swedish: “Lichinga”
  • Tagalog: “Lichinga”
  • Tajik: “Личинга”
  • Tamil: “லீசிங்கா”
  • Tatar: “Личинга”
  • Telugu: “లీచింగా”
  • Thai: “ลีชิงกา”
  • Turkish: “Lichinga”
  • Ukrainian: “Лішинга”
  • Urdu: “لیچینگا”
  • Uzbek: “Lichinga”
  • Venetian: “Lichinga”
  • Vietnamese: “Lichinga”
  • Wu Chinese: “利欣加”
  • Yue Chinese: “利秦嘉”
  • Zulu: “Lichinga”

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