Mueda Plateau
geographic feature in Northern Mozambique
The Mueda Plateau, also known as the Maconde Plateau, is a plateau in Cabo Delgado Province of northeastern Mozambique.
Geography
The Mueda Plateau lies between the Ruvuma River on the north, which forms the border with Tanzania, and the Messalo River on the south. It is named for the town of Mueda, the principal town on the plateau.
The highest portion of the plateau reaches above 1000 meters elevation. The western edge of the plateau forms a steep escarpment, dropping to rolling plains. The plateau has an area of 1715 square kilometers. The Macomia Plateau lies to the south, across the Messalo River. The Makonde Plateau lies to the north, across the Ruvuma River in Tanzania.
The plateau is composed of includes metamorphic and volcanic rocks. The soils of the plateau are classified as nitisols.
“Mueda Plateau” enters the record as geographic feature in Northern Mozambique. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mueda, Plateau and geographic can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q55624045. Authority coordinates are -11.400, 39.330. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1000 and 1715.
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