Cidade de Gurué: Análise geográfica

Abstract

The present work falls within the scope of the partial fulfillment of the requirements demanded by the Faculty of Arts of the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane to obtain the Degree in Geography. It is intended to seek to understand the dynamics and relationships between the population, infrastructure and basic services in the city of Gurué, namely the type of housing, electricity supply, piped water, sanitation and health and education services. . To put it into practice, the study was based on the use of different methods, in a combined way, such as bibliographic and documentary review. The main sources considered were the National Planning Commission/National Directorate of Statistics - CNP/DNE (currently INE), the 1997 census and some documents existing locally. A visit was also made to the field where some people found to be influential were interviewed informally. The results analyzed show that the population of the city of Gurué grew in the period between 1991 and 1997 due to the civil war. Infrastructure and services have not grown and some of them are in a state of disrepair. There is a great imbalance between the population, infrastructure and basic services, with an unbalanced distribution between infrastructure (health and education) and the population in the city's localities. Localities with a high population number have a number reduced infrastructure.(TRADUÇÁO NOSSA)