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 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
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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