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Metoro Facts

Area	1180.9 km²
Population	50,632
Male Population	24,669 (48.7%)
Female Population	25,963 (51.3%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+271.6%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+55.9%
Median Age	17 years (Male: 15.9, Female: 17.9)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$948 (2022)
Area Codes	272
Local Time
Timezone	Central Africa Time
Lat & Lng	-13.10444, 39.87528

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Metoro Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	13,625	21,851	32,486	53,311	50,632	54,362	57,658
Population Density	11.5 / km²	18.5 / km²	27.5 / km²	45.1 / km²	42.9 / km²	46 / km²	48.8 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Metoro Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 55.9% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Metoro	+271.6%	+131.7%	+55.9%
Cabo Delgado Province	—	—	—
Mozambique	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Metoro Median Age

Median Age: 17 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Metoro	17 yrs	17.9 yrs	15.9 yrs
Cabo Delgado Province	18.2 yrs	18.7 yrs	17.5 yrs
Mozambique	16.7 yrs	17.5 yrs	15.8 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Metoro Population Density

Population Density: 42.9 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Metoro	50,632	1,180.9 km²	42.9 / km²
Cabo Delgado Province	2.1 million	77,899.7 km²	27.3 / km²
Mozambique	27.5 million	786,431.3 km²	34.9 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Metoro Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1400 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Metoro Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$336	$440	$483	$767	$1,014	$1,275	$1,009	$948
Total GDP	$8.4M	$12.9M	$16.5M	$30.5M	$45.7M	$63.2M	$54.7M	$52.9M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Metoro CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Metoro	10,344 tn	0.2 tn	8.8 tons/km²
Cabo Delgado Province	433,662 tn	0.2 tn	5.6 tons/km²
Mozambique	5,734,289 tn	0.21 tn	7.3 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Metoro CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	10,344 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.2 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	8.8 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	High (8)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
6/1/08	10:29 PM	3.5	93.8 km	10,000 m	Mozambique	usgs.gov
12/16/01	10:46 AM	4.3	91.1 km	10,000 m	Mozambique	usgs.gov
11/12/79	4:44 AM	4.4	82.4 km	33,000 m	Mozambique	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Metoro

Metoro is a town in Ancuabe District in Cabo Delgado Province in northeastern Mozambique. is located southwest of the district capital of Ancuabe.

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