The Songo Village

The Village of Songo is the headquarters of Cahora Bassa district, located on the province of Tete. Here is where the headquarters of the Hydroelectric of Cahora Bassa is located, since the dam is located at a distance of nearly 10 kilometers from the village, and on its womb, the central with its five powerful generators. It is a village that is in its whole mistaken with the story of the gigantic enterprise. The Cahora Bassa district has as limits, the district of Maravia on North, the district of Magoé on West, Zimbabwe on South, the district of Changara on East and the district of Chiuta on the Northeast. According to the 1997 Census, the district has got 57 675 inhabitants and an area of 10 598 km², resulting in a population density of 5,4 h/km².