Catandica
Catandica (before independence known as Vila Gouveia) is a town located in the province of Manica in Mozambique. It is the administrative center of Báruè District. As of 2008 it had a population of 29,052.
The town, near the border with Zimbabwe, takes its name from the son of a local chief who had served in the army.
References
- ^ "Perfil do Distrito de Báruè" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ministry of State Administration. 2005. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ "Mozambique: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ^ Room, Adrian (1994), Names, Geographical/ Africa, p.44, McFarlan Publishing, Retrieved on June 14, 2008
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