Place:Inhambane, Mozambique

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NameInhambane
Alt namesInhambanesource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Coordinates23.033°S 34.467°E
Located inMozambique
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Bartolomeu Dias
Cometela
Covane
Funhalouro
Homoine
Inhambane
Inharrime
Inhassoro
Jangamo
Jofane
Luido
Maave
Mabote
Macovane
Mapinhane
Massinga
Mauu-e-ele
Mavanza
Maxixe
Miramar
Mocodoene
Morrumbene
Nhacoongo
Nova Mambone
Panda
Pomene
Rio das Pedras
Vilanculos
Zavala
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Inhambane is a province of Mozambique located on the coast in the southern part of the country. It has an area of 68,615 km2 and a population of 1,488,676 (2017 census). The provincial capital is also called Inhambane.

The climate is tropical throughout, more humid along the coast and dryer inland. The coast has a number of mangrove swamps.

The town of Inhambane existed in the 10th century, and was the southernmost port used by Arabs for slave trading. The region was visited by Vasco da Gama in 1498, who claimed Inhambane Bay for Portugal. The Portuguese established a trading post at Inhambane in 1534.

The province is the second largest grower of cashews (after Nampula), and also produces coconut and citrus fruit (inspiring Mozambique's most famous poet Craveirinha to write of "The Tasty Tangerines of Inhambane"). The long coastline supports much fishing. The Inhambane Bay area is of some interest for tourism, with a number of beaches, and one of the last remaining populations of dugong in Mozambique.

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