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Malema
Nampula, Mozambique · Africa
About Malema
Malema sits on the route: 50 minutes from Mutuáli.
Malema is in Nampula, Mozambique, with about 24,000 people. The nearest town is Mutuáli, about 45 km away.
Malema District is a district at the far west Nampula Province in north-eastern Mozambique. It covers an area of 6,386 square kilometres (2,466 sq mi) and had a population of 128,732 as of the 1997 Mozambican census and an estimated population of 149,782 as of 2005.
The district is divided into three postos. TheRead more
eponymous posto of Malema - further divided into 4 localities: Malema (the seat), Muralelo, Nataleia, and Nioce - has a population of 92,324. The posto of Chihulo, with one eponymous locality, has a population of 11,701. The posto of Mutuali, with the sole locality being Tapaca, has a population of 45,756.
On 2 April 2025, the government of Mozambique retook control of Mutuali from the Naparamas, a peasant militia aligned with former presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane. On 16 April 2025, the Mozambican police clashed again with the Naparamas in the same locality of Mutuali; they killed somewhere between 5 and 23 people, possibly including local residents.
In late April 2026, a herd of elephants crossed the Lúrio River into the district, destroying at least 10 hectares of maize and pigeon pea crops across at least two villages.
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Malema is in Nampula, Mozambique, about 45 km from Mutuáli.
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- Population
- 23,553
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Mozambique
- Region
- Nampula
- Timezone
- Africa/Maputo
- Coordinates
- -14.9475, 37.4159
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