Overview
Ancuabe District is a district of Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique. It covers 4,984 km2 with 199,457 inhabitants in 2015. Its seat is the town of Ancuabe.
Geography
It borders to the north with the district of Meluco, west with the district of Montepuez, south of the district of Chiúre and that the districts of Pemba-Metuge and Quissanga.
Demographics
According to the 1997 census, the district had 87,243 inhabitants. Government data in early 2005 revealed a population of 109,792 n an area of 4 836 km2, resulting in a population density of 21.9 persons per km2. The same source points to a population of 121,000 inhabitants in 2015.
The district is inhabited mostly by the Makua people.
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