The Songo Village

The town of Songo is located in Tete province, in Cahora Bassa district. This is where the head office of the company Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa is located. The dam, with the power station and its five powerful turbines in its womb, is about 10 kilometres from the town. Everything about the town is inextricably linked to the history of the gigantic dam. Cahora Bassa district is bounded to the north by Marávia district, to the west by Magoe district, to the south by Zimbabwe, to the east by Changara district, and to the northeast by Chiuta district. According to the 2007 census, the district has 89,956 inhabitants and covers an area of 10,598 km².