Sofala [suˈfalɐ] is a province of Mozambique. It has a population of 2,259,248 (2017 census). Beira is the capital of the province, named for the ruined...
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Sofala Bank in Sofala Province of Mozambique. The first recorded use of this port town was by Mogadishan merchants. One possible etymology for Sofala...
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Portuguese Mozambique (redirect from Captaincy of Sofala)
Sofala e Rios de Sena); Separate government, independent from that of the Portuguese State of India. 1836–1891: Province of Mozambique (Província de Moçambique)...
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province is surrounded by Zimbabwe to the west, Tete Province to the northwest, Sofala Province to the east, the Save River to the south, and the Zambezi...
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Caetano in Sofala, and thus the first colonial governor of Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique). According to chronicler João de Barros, Pero de Anaia was...
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Mozambican port located in the city of Beira, capital of the Sofala Province. It is located in Sofala Bay, which forms a huge complex with the mouth of the Pungoe...
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Observatory in Johannesburg. The asteroid was named after the province of Sofala in Mozambique. Sofala is a member of the Vesta family (401), the second-largest...
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in Xichocoxa in southern Inhambane Province. RENAMO took control of Sena in northern Sofala, Tica in central Sofala, and Dombe in southern Manica killing...
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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...
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present-day Gaza and Inhambane provinces, and the southern portions of Manica and Sofala provinces. Refugees from various clans oppressed by Dingane (Shaka's successor)...
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