Quelimane
Sign in to saveQuelimane () is a seaport in Mozambique. It is the administrative capital of the Zambezia Province and the province's largest city, and stands from the mouth of the Rio dos Bons Sinais (or "River of the Good Signs"). The river was named when Vasco da Gama, on his way to India, reached it and saw "good signs" that he was on the right path. The town was the end point of David Livingstone's west-to-east crossing of south-central Africa in 1856. Portuguese is the official language of Mozambique, and many residents of the areas surrounding Quelimane speak Portuguese. The most common local language
Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.official_name
- Quelimane
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Cine Teatro Aguia Quelimane (9516168590).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Quelimane
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mozambique
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 240
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Provinces
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Zambezia Province
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- District
- Settlement.established_title
- City Status
- Settlement.established_date
- 1942
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 117
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2017 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 349842
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
- Settlement.blank_info
- Aw
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-colonial era
- Etymology
- Independence
- Tropical Cyclones
- Places of worship
- Demographics
- Climate
- See also
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- References
- External links
Quelimane () is a seaport in Mozambique. It is the administrative capital of the Zambezia Province and the province's largest city, and stands from the mouth of the Rio dos Bons Sinais (or "River of the Good Signs"). The river was named when Vasco da Gama, on his way to India, reached it and saw "good signs" that he was on the right path. The town was the end point of David Livingstone's west-to-east crossing of south-central Africa in 1856. Portuguese is the official language of Mozambique, and many residents of the areas surrounding Quelimane speak Portuguese. The most common local language is Chuabo. Quelimane, along with much of Zambezia Province, is extremely prone to floods during Mozambique's rainy season.
==History==