Vilanculos
Sign in to saveVilankulo (or Vilanculos) is a coastal town in Mozambique, lying in the Vilanculos District of Inhambane Province. Vilankulo is named after local tribal chief Gamela Vilankulo Mukoke, and some of the "bairros" (suburbs) are named after his sons. Known as Vilanculos during colonial times, the name was changed to Vilankulo at independence. Today the district is called Vilanculos and the town Vilankulo.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in MZ, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 50 inbound references to Vilanculos, and connects out to Vilanculos District, Mozambique and list of sovereign states.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Inhambane Province.
Vinony links it to 22 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Vilankulo
- Region
- Inhambane
- Country
- Moçambique
- Population
- 43,183
- Timezone
- Africa/Maputo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Vilankulo
- Settlement.other_name
- Vilanculos
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Vilanculos from the air3.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Market in Vilankulo
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mozambique
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Provinces
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Inhambane Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vilanculos District
- Settlement.government_type
- Democratic
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010 (estimate)
- Settlement.population_total
- 24433
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Mozambique
- Located in
- Vilanculos District
- Image
- Typical Vilankulo homes.JPG
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- Commons category
- Vilankulo
- P12749
- Ramesses VII
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
On the map
2 mapped locations