Zumbo
Sign in to saveZumbo is the westernmost town in Mozambique, on the Zambezi River. Lying on the north-east bank of the Zambezi-Luangwa River confluence, it is a border town, with Zambia (and the town of Luangwa, previously called Feira) across the Luangwa River and Zimbabwe (with its border post at Kanyemba) diagonally across the Zambezi and 2 km upstream. In 2005, Zumbo had a population of 33,000, and it lies in the Zumbo District of Tete Province.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Zumbo
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mozambique
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Provinces
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tete Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Zumbo District
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005
- Settlement.population_total
- 33000
- Settlement.timezone
- CAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement.blank_name
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Mozambique
- Located in
- Zumbo District
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Zumbo is the westernmost town in Mozambique, on the Zambezi River. Lying on the north-east bank of the Zambezi-Luangwa River confluence, it is a border town, with Zambia (and the town of Luangwa, previously called Feira) across the Luangwa River and Zimbabwe (with its border post at Kanyemba) diagonally across the Zambezi and 2 km upstream. In 2005, Zumbo had a population of 33,000, and it lies in the Zumbo District of Tete Province.
Zumbo was established as a trading post in the early 18th century by the Portuguese. It became prosperous as it traded along the middle Zambezi and into Zimbabwe, and up the lower Luangwa, trading for ivory as far away as Lake Bangweulu. It dominated the area, and traders from Zumbo settled in Feira. Zumbo declined after Northern and Southern Rhodesia (later Zambia and Zimbabwe) became part of the British Empire, cutting off its trade with those territories.