Tete Mozambique

Tete is the capital city of Tete Province in Mozambique. It is located on the Zambezi River, and is the site of a one-kilometre-long suspension bridge. A Swahili trade centre before the Portuguese colonial era, Tete continues to dominate the centre-west part of the country and region, and is the largest city on the Zambezi. Tete is a word for "reed".

A bizarre product of the colonial carve-up of Africa, the Tete province extends like an obtuse wedge into north-western Mozambique, bordering Zimbabwe to the west, Zambia to the north, and Malawi to the east.

Tete Province receives many travellers, but this is due more to its strategic location than its charms, which are fairly meagre. Aside from Tete, the province's eponymous capital and arguably the hottest town in Mozambique, the old Boroma church mission is probably Tete's most interesting feature.

Worth visiting are:
The Tete Suspension Bridge - crossing over the Zambezi river this bridge links Tete to Moatize. It was built at the end of 1960s.
Boroma Church - about 30km from Tete, this magnificant Jesuit Church was built at the end of the 19th century.
Cabora Bassa Dam - is the second largest dam in Africa and the fifth largest in the world. The enormous reservoir behind the dam has a surface area of more than 2,000 sq. km. You must obtain a written permission to visit the dam from the "Hidroeléctrica de Cabora Bassa" (HCB) office in Tete before travelling to Songo (150km from Tete), where guided tours to the power station and dam are available.

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