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Nacala

Field	Value
official_name	Nacala
other_name	Cidade de Nacala
native_name	Maiaia
nickname	Nacala-Porto
image_skyline	NacalaBeach.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	The beach at Nacala
pushpin_map	Mozambique
pushpin_label_position	left
pushpin_mapsize	200
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Provinces
subdivision_name1	Nampula Province
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Nacala-porto
government_type	Democratico
leader_title	Presidente do Municipio
leader_name	Raul Novinte
leader_title1
established_title2
unit_pref
population_as_of	2017 census
settlement_type
population_total	225,034
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type
blank_name	Climate
blank_info	Aw
website	https://www.facebook.com/CMCNacalaPorto

Nacala (also known as Cidade de Nacala or Nacala-Porto) is a city on the northern coast of Mozambique. Located in the southwestern indentation of inner Fernao Veloso Bay, it is the deepest natural port on the east coast of Africa. Nacala serves as the terminal for the Nacala railway, a rail line to the landlocked Malawi. South of Nacala is Mozambique Island, at one time the capital of Mozambique and now a World Heritage Site.

History

Nacala was founded as a little town and developed as a deep waters port and an industrial, agricultural and exporting centre during the last period of the Portuguese rule of the territory which ended in the mid-1970s. Among its major industries were cement, sisal and cashew. Other important employers were the seaport, its small modern hospital, and services (banking, insurance and administration).

Industry

Nacala is site of one of three cement works in Mozambique.

Transport

Nacala is the terminal of the Nacala railway that connects to the Central East African Railway (CEAR) of Malawi. The railway system was managed by the Railroad Development Corporation until September 2008 when it was sold to a group of Mozambican investors.

It is the location of the deep water port of Port of Nacala. A coal terminal, operated by the Port of Nacala, is located in the town of Nacala-a-Velha on the opposite side of the bay from Nacala.

Nacala Airport is a former airbase that has been converted into an international airport.

Demographics

Year (census)	url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-153	title=Mozambique: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population	access-date=2008-06-18	work=World Gazetteer }}
1997	158,248
2007	206,449
2017	225,034

Climate

Retrieved on November 24, 2011.

Miscellaneous

The town is also known for its beaches and scuba diving.

Namesake

There is another town in Mozambique that contains the name Nacala, it is called Nacala-a-Velha ("The Old Nacala"), just across the bay (c. 30km by road).

References

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5ytUJNY0kQ Nacala - no outro lado do tempo], short film of Nacala, [[Portuguese Mozambique]] before independence in 1975.
[http://www.progressiverailroading.com/freightnews/article.asp?id=6132 RDC management]
(July 2021). "Mozambique: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer }}{{dead link.

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