Dondo

For the politician, see Kengo Wa Dondo.

For the Angolan city, see Dondo, Angola.

Dondo
Dondo
Coordinates: 19°37′S 34°45′E / 19.617°S 34.75°E / -19.617; 34.75
Country	Mozambique
Provinces	Sofala Province
District	Dondo District
Population (2008)
- Total	77 532

Dondo is a city and seat of Dondo District of Sofala Province in Mozambique.

According to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme following decentralization of political structure in Mozambique in the 1990s, a study in 1998 revealed that elected leaders in the city for Sofala Province lacked the institutional framework for local decision making.^[1]

Industry

Dondo has a cement works which used limestone mined at Muanza.

Dondo has one of two concrete sleeper plants, the other being at Sena.

Transport

Dondo has a station on the Mozambican rail network, where the line to Malawi and Moatize junctions from the line to Zimbabwe.

Demographics

Year	Population[2]
1997	63 757
2008	77 532

See also

• Transport in Mozambique
• Railway stations in Mozambique

References

1. ^ Key competencies for improving local governance (2005), Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Open Society Institute (Budapeszt).
2. ^ "Mozambique: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-153. Retrieved 2008-06-18. 

Coordinates: 19°37′S 34°45′E / 19.617°S 34.75°E / -19.617; 34.75