ECONOMIC - HYDROELECTRIC POWER, IRRIGATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 178
• Publication Date: March 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.I
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Economic. - Hydroelectric power, irrigation
Daily newspaper
Lisbon
20 Nov 1952
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INFORMATION 1952
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IRRIGATION AND HYDROELECTRIC PRO.TEC?TS IIN PORTUGUESE AFRICA
Plans are under way to facilitate the settlement of Portuguese immigrants,
both in Angola and Mozambique. Hydroelectric projects will be used to provide
power and to i.rigat' the farms.
Two hydroelectric plants are planned on the Cu:iene River, at Matala and at
Rua.cansaN At Ma.tala, a small dam is wider construction which will hold 37 million
cubic meters of water. The water will have a 19-meter head and a flow of 65
cubic meters per second. The crest of the dam will support a highway and the
tracks of the Mo=samedes-Sa da Bandeira?.Vi.i.a da Ponte railroad.
With an initial installation of 17,000-kilowatt capacity, the plant will
produce 60 million kilowatt-hours per year This power will be used in the
el-.-trification of Se, da Bandeira and in the operation of irrigation pumps. Ten
auxiliary water reservoirs will be located along the 250-kilometer Mucope irri-
gation canal.
The project is expected to provide facilities for the settlement of 15,000
immigrant families from Portugal? It will benefit an area of 420,000 hectares
of pasture land and water from it will irrigate an additional 45,000 hectares of
aluvia.l soil for raising wheat, cotton, and sugar cane, in addition to food prod-
ac.t, for local consumption. Each family will be allotte' = hectares of irrigated
land and 27 hectares of pasture land
_. At Juacana a small dam will be constructed tc provide a head of 118 meters
for a hydroelectric plant with a flow of 45 cubic meters per second. The power
from this plant will be used by the electric furnaces adjacent to the Chitado
mines, which are Located near Ochinjau. a distance of 115 kilometers from the dam.
The estimated cost of the Cunene project -ie l,l+25,000 contos, divided as
follows: (a) hydroelectric works, 120,000 cantos, (b) irrigation works, 330,000
conto and (c) settlement expenses of 15,0O0 iru.1grant farulies, 975,000 contos.
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Cuanza River Valley
In the Cuanza River valley, the Duque de Braganza Waterfall on the Lucala
River will provide a head of 112 meters and a constant flow of 29 cubic meters
per second. A hydroelectric plant at this point will produce an estimated 200
million kilowatt-hours annually and furnish power to irrigate 100,000 hectares
of land.
This project will provide farm land and power faciliti.es for 33,000 immi-
grant families who will receive 30 hectares of land each. It will also furnish
electric power to Catete; an important cotton center, 270 kilometers distant.
where two fertilizer factories are being planned. They will produce 10,000
tons of calcium cyanamide and 8,000 tons of ammonium nitrate per year, respec-
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Total coat of constructing the irrigation project is estimated at 800,000
contos, divided as follows: (a) hydroelectric works, 235,000 contos; and (b)
irrigation works, 565,000 contos. Expenses of settling the 33,000 immigrant
families (65 contos each, including household effects), will amount to 2,145,000
contos, making a grand total of 2,945,000 contos.
Limpopo River Vail
An irrigation project and dam are under construction in Mozambique, along
the valley of the Limpopo River. The project consists of a system of irrigation
canals which are fed from the dam? The crest of the dam will also carry a high-
way and the tracks of the Lourenco Marques-Southern Rhodesia railroad.
This project will make farm land available to 9,500 Portuguese families at
the rate of 3 hectares of irrigated land and 27 hectares of pasture land per
family. The additional cost of settling these families will be about 620,000
contos.
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In the valley of the incomati River, a dam and hydroelectric plant will be
constructed which will furnish electric power to Lourenco Marques and provide
irrigation for 50.000 hectares of land. This land will be divided among 16,000
i.mmigrar.t families from Portugal at the rate of 3 hectares each. In addition,
each family will be allotted 27 hectares of nonirrigated land.
Total cost of constructing this project is estimated at 450,000 contos,
divided as follows: (a) hydroelectric works, 180,000 contos; and (b) irrigation
works, 270,000 contos.
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