Key facts
- Country
- Mozambique
- Capital
- Beira
- Governor
- Lourenço Ferreira Bulha
- Total
- 68,018 km (26,262 sq mi)
- Density
- 33.215/km (86.028/sq mi)
- Postal code
- 21xx
- Area code
- (+258) 23
- Hdi 2019
- 0.482 , low · 4th of 11
- Website
- www .sofala .gov .mz
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Mozambique
- Named after
- Sofala
- Country
- Mozambique
- Located in
- Mozambique
- Contains
- Caia District
- Capital
- Beira
- Area
- 68018
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Manica Province
- Official website
- www.sofala.gov.mz
- Image
- Gorongosa - Gogogo peak. (4403966914).jpg
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- Sofala Province
- topic's main category
- Category:Sofala Province
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Encyclopedic overview
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 port of Sofala which is 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the south.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sofala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.