Place:Zambezia, Mozambique

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NameZambezia
Alt namesZambéziasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Coordinates16.233°S 37.5°E
Located inMozambique     (1975 - )
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Alto Ligonha
Alto Molócuè
Campo
Chinde
Derre
Errego
Gurúè
Luabo
Lugela
Macuze
Micaune
Mocuba
Molumbo
Mopêia Velha
Morrumbala
Mualama
Mucumbela
Mucupia
Mulanje
Mulevala
Munhamade
Namacurra
Namarroi
Nova Nabúri
Pebane
Quelimane ( 1544 - )
Vila de Maganja
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Zambezia is the second most-populous province of Mozambique, located in the central coastal region south-west of Nampula Province and north-east of Sofala Province. It has a population of 5.11 million, according to the 2017 census. The provincial capital is Quelimane.

Zambezia has a total area of 103,478 km2; much of it drained by the Zambezi River. Much of the coast consists of mangrove swamps, and there is considerable forest inland.

Agricultural products include rice, maize, cassava, cashews, sugarcane, soybeans, coconuts, citrus, cotton, and tea. The country's largest tea estates are at Gurúè, while Lioma is a centre of soybean production. Fishing is especially productive of shrimp, and gemstones are mined at several sites.

Vasco da Gama landed at the site of Quelimane in 1498. Shortly after, the Portuguese established a permanent presence, and many moved up the Zambezi into the interior, for many years the farthest inland European presence (although over time there was much intermarrying, and few residents were of purely Portuguese descent).

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