Quelimane
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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
Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.official_name
- Quelimane
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Cine Teatro Aguia Quelimane (9516168590).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Quelimane
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- Mozambique
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 240
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Provinces
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- 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
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- 349842
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- auto
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- 1
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- Climate
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- Aw
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Quelimane
- Country
- Mozambique
- Population
- 349842
- Area
- 117
- Elevation
- 1
- Body of water
- Rio dos Bons Sinais
- Image
- Quilimane.jpg
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- P8168
- Otto Tausig
- twinned administrative body
- Setúbal
- Commons category
- Quelimane
- topic's main category
- Category:Quelimane
- native label
- Quelimane
- inception
- 1942-00-00
- described at URL
- hpip.org/en/Contents/Place/339
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Article · Español
Quelimane 17°53′S 36°51′E / -17.883, 36.850 es la capital y ciudad más grande de la provincia de Zambezia, en Mozambique. Está localizada junto al río (17°53′S 36°53′E / -17.883, 36.883), a 20 kilómetros aproximadamente del Océano Índico; por esta razón, la ciudad cuenta con un puerto que es una de sus principales actividades económicas, centro de una importante industria pesquera. Exporta productos agrícolas y posee industrias de transformación y extracción de sal marina. En 1498 desembarcó Vasco da Gama, y fue mercado de esclavos durante los siglos XVIII y XIX. La ciudad de Quelimane es administravimente un municipio con un gobierno local elegido. Tenía 150116 habitantes de acuerdo a un censo realizado en 1997, en un área de 117 kilómetros cuadrados. La población habría aumentado a 185000 habitantes en 2003.
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