Mozambique
Quelimane
2022

Quelimane

Municipality Name
Commune de Quelimane
Municipality Type
Municipality

Quelimane

Municipal Name
Commune de Quelimane
Municipality Type
Municipality
Cities
Mozambique
Quelimane
2023

Quelimane

Municipality Name
Commune de Quelimane

Leadership

Mayor of Quelimane Municipality

Manuel de Araújo

AMALI Cohort
2023
Term of Office
2023-2028
Length of Term
5 Years
Current Term of Office
2023-2028
Mayoral Legacy Goal
Waste Management
To eliminate cholera through improved water and sanitation by 2025 by educating the public on the causes of cholera; and improving waste management system

Governance

Overview

Quelimane is the administrative capital and largest city of the Zambézia Province in east-central Mozambique. The city is a seaport and is currently the only municipality within the province. Quelimane comprises five municipal administrative areas.

Regional, Municipal and Administrative Boundaries
Electoral methodology
Structure of departments, roles and responsibilities
  • Depto. de Planificação
  • Depto. de orçãmentação
  • Depto. de estudos, projectos e Desenv. Institucional
  • Depto. de Com. e Imagem
  • Depto. Relações Publicas e Cooperação
  • Depto informãtico
  • Depto. de Administração
  • Depto. de Finanças e Contabilidade
  • Depto. de Planeamento e gestão do solo Urbano
  • Depto. de manutenção de infra-estruturas
  • Depto. de edificações
  • Depto. de educação e tecnologia
  • Depto. de cultura
  • Depto. de Desportos
  • Depto. da juventude
  • Depto. saude
  • Depto. de accao social
  • Depto. de crianca e genero
  • Depto. de Água e Energia
  • Depto. de Gestão de Cemitérios
  • Depto. de Industria comercio e Turismo
  • Depto. de Mecados e Feiras
  • Depto. de Agricultura, Pecuária e Pesca
  • Depto. de Transportes e Gestão da Frota Municipal 
  • Depto. de Meio Ambiente
  • Depto. de Mudanças Climáticas
Municipality

Function of the municipality or equivalent
  1. The Markets Department's main activity is to collect market tax  for all the local  Municipal markets;
  2. The main activity of the Department of Agriculture is to supervise the entry of agricultural and livestock products and charge them if a parameter  is over or  other national standards;
  3. The Tax and Inspection Department's main activity is the inspection of buildings, which culminate in the issuance of fines if a building does not have necessary documents authorizing its construction;
  4. The Department of Economic Activities has as its main activity the licensing of the activities,  and the issuance of documents for the collection of economic activity;
  5. The Finance Department's main activity is collecting revenue, overseeing revenue in the process of delivering it to the treasury and processing and paying expenses;
  6. Secretary-General's activities in the economy include issuing various certificates
  7. Administrative Posts Issuing Municipal Personal Tax and Neighbourhoods Declaration as an activity in the Municipal economy;
  8. The Municipal Police's activity in the municipality's economy is charging fees for loading and unloading merchandise;
  9. Sanitation Department has as its activity in the municipality's economy the collection of burial fees and construction of tombs;
  10. The building Environment and Construction Department’s activity in the municipality's economy is the issuance and collection of Municipal Property Tax.
Municipality
Political structure for voting

Finances

Municipal budget

521,961,519.30 MT

$8,123,516.79  (2022)

Municipality
Sources of revenue

The Municipality has 10 revenue collection sectors, the sectors are:

  • Market Sector;
  • Agriculture and Fishing Sector
  • Inspection sector
  • Revenue Sector
  • General Secretary Sector
  • Administrative posts
  • Building sector
  • Cemetery Sector
  • Sanitation
  • Police inspection and transport sector.
Municipality
Main Economic Activities

The economic sectors of the Municipality are the following:

• Market sector

• Agriculture and fishing sector

• Inspection sector

• Revenue sector

• General Secretary sector

• Administrative posts

• Building sector

• Cemetery sector

• Sanitation

• Police inspection and transport sector

Municipality

Downloadable governance documents

Development Profile

https://www.populationpyramid.net/mozambique/2020/

275,000

Population projections for next available year (2021)
From the Municipality - Projection 2021

Population Trends

275,000

Project Population (2021)
General Population and Housing Census, 2017

Population Trends

1,733 people/km2

Population density
From the Municipality - General Population and Housing Census, 2017

Population Trends

142.5 km2

Size of city (2017)
From the Municipality - General Population and Housing Census, 2017

Population Trends

233,000

Population projections for next available year (2022)
From the Municipality - Projection 2021

Population Trends

246,915

Population figures for municipality (2017)
From the Municipality - General Population and Housing Census, 2017

Population Trends

246,915

Population of the city (2017)
General Population and Housing Census, 2017

Population Trends

10%

Zambézia Province unemployment rate (2012/13)
Inquérito Contínuo aos Agregados Familiares. Relatório do Primeiro Trimestre Julho - Setembro de 2012.

Unemployment

95.7%

Mozambique (national): Informal employment rate (2015)
International Labour Organization, 2019

Informal Economy

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Human Development Index Definition

The HDI score, ranging from 1 (best score) to 0 (worst score), summarises the average achievement across three basic dimensions of human development:

• A long and healthy life (life expectancy at birth)
• Knowledge (mean years of schooling for adults 25 years and older; expected years of schooling for children of school entering age)
• A decent standard of living

0.456

Mozambique (national) Human Development Index score (2019)

HDI Score

Global Data Lab. 2019. Subnational HDI (v5.0). Radboud University, Institute for Management Research.

0.426

Zambézia Province Human Development Index score (2019)

HDI Score

Global Data Lab. 2019. Subnational HDI (v5.0). Radboud University, Institute for Management Research.

42.4%

Zambézia Province literacy rate (5 years and older) (2017)

Education: Literacy Rate

Populacao De 5 Anos E Mais Por Condicao De Alfabetizacao E Sexo- Segundo Area De Residencia E Idade. Zambezia- 2017

42%

of total solid waste produced is from suburban high density areas
Municipality

Basic Services: Waste

56.4%

Coverage rate for water services
Municipality

Water

116 tons

Daily production of solid waste
Municipality

Basic Services: Waste

35%

of solid urban waste produced is collected
Municipality

Basic Services: Waste

3.3%

Boat as mode of transport for tourists traveling to Quelimane (2012/13)
Inquérito Contínuo aos Agregados Familiares. Relatório do Primeiro Trimestre Julho - Setembro de 2012.

Transport: Modes

Bicycle

The main mode of transport. Quelimane city has a number of modes of transports, including bicycles and cars.
Inquérito Contínuo aos Agregados Familiares. Relatório do Primeiro Trimestre Julho - Setembro de 2012.

Transport: Modes

8.2%

Train as mode of transport for tourists traveling to Quelimane (2012/13)
Inquérito Contínuo aos Agregados Familiares. Relatório do Primeiro Trimestre Julho - Setembro de 2012.

Transport: Modes

1.7%

Taxi as mode of transport for tourists traveling to Quelimane (2012/13)
Inquérito Contínuo aos Agregados Familiares. Relatório do Primeiro Trimestre Julho - Setembro de 2012.

Transport: Modes

12.1%

Rented Car as mode of transport for tourists traveling to Quelimane (2012/13)
Inquérito Contínuo aos Agregados Familiares. Relatório do Primeiro Trimestre Julho - Setembro de 2012.

Transport: Modes

74.2%

Bus as mode of transport for tourists traveling to Quelimane (2012/13)
Inquérito Contínuo aos Agregados Familiares. Relatório do Primeiro Trimestre Julho - Setembro de 2012.

Transport: Modes

24.5%

Peri-urban population with septic tank toilets and improved latrines
Municipality

Basic Services: Sanitation

<35%

Peri-urban population with safe sanitation
Municipality

Basic Services: Sanitation

85%

Electricity (% of population serviced)
Municipality

Electricity

Urban Development Challenges

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