Inhambane is a province of Mozambique located on the coast in the southern part of the country. It has an area of 68,615km2 and a population of 1,412,349 (2006). The provincial capital is also called Inhambane.
The climate is tropical throughout, more humid along the coast and dryer inland. The coast has a number of mangrove swamps.
The town of Inhambane existed in the 10th century, and was the southernmost port used by Arabs for slave trading. The region was visited by Vasco da Gama in 1498, who claimed Inhambane Bay for Portugal. The Portuguese established a trading post at Inhambane in 1534.
The province is the second largest grower of cashews (after Nampula), and also produces coconut and citrus fruit (inspiring Mozambique's most famous poet Craveirinha to write of "The Tasty Tangerines of Inhambane"). The long coastline supports much fishing. The Inhambane Bay area is of some interest for tourism, with a number of beaches, and one of the last remaining populations of dugong in Mozambique.
Inhambane, Terra de Boa Gente (Land of Good People) is a city located in southern Mozambique, lying on Inhambane Bay, 470km northeast of Maputo. It is the capital of the Inhambane Province and according to the 2008 census has a population of 65,837, growing from the 1997 census of 54,157. It is a sleepy historic town known for its rusting colonial architecture and has been popular with tourists in recent years.
The settlement owes its existence to a deep inlet into which the small Matamba River flows. Two protective sandy headlands protect the harbor and form a sandbank. The town of Maxixe is located across the bay.
History
Inhambane is one of the oldest settlements on Mozambique's eastern coast. Dhows traded here as early as the 11th century. Muslim and Persian traders were the first outsiders to arrive to the area by sea and traded pearls and ambergris, and they also traded at Chibuene in the south. The area became well known for its local cotton spinning and production by the Tonga tribe. Sometime before the Portuguese reached the area, the Karanga had invaded Inhambane and formed a number of local chieftains. They dominated over the Tonga cotton workers and the rewards of trading with the Muslims went to them.
Chapo, 48, of ruling Frelimo party was declared winner of Oct ...Lucia Ribeiro, head of the country’s Constitutional Council, administered the oath of office to Chapo, a former governor of the province of Inhambane. On Dec ... .
The group said three deaths were reported in the Zambezia province and as many in the Inhambane province on Monday, bringing the death toll to 300 since the start of demonstrations ...Mozambique has been gripped by protests since Oct ... .
24, resulting in widespread casualties and destruction ... On Oct ... The announcement on Oct ... On Oct ... On Wednesday, residents in a village in the northern province of Inhambane burned down a police station after security forces shot and killed a protester ... .
"We want to continue fighting against terrorism."</p> <p>Chapo, appointed governor of the southern province of Inhambane in 2016, also promised the construction of schools and ...
9, 2024 ... After casting his vote in InhambaneProvince in southern Mozambique, he called for a peaceful continuation of the electoral process, urging that the celebratory spirit of the campaign carry through to the voting and counting phases.
Chapo, a law professor, was the governor of southern Inhambane province — Mozambique's flagship tourism region — and the surprise winner of an internal party vote in May to become Frelimo's presidential candidate.
He was the governor of southern Inhambane province — Mozambique's flagship tourism region — but was a surprise winner of an internal party vote in May to become Frelimo's presidential candidate.
MAPUTO, Oct ... After casting his vote in InhambaneProvince in southern Mozambique, he called for a peaceful continuation of the electoral process, urging that the celebratory spirit of the campaign carry through to the voting and counting phases.
With Frelimo having won all the elections since independence in 1975, the 47-year-old Chapo, the current governor of the InhambaneProvince, is tipped to romp to victory and would likely become ...
More than 17 million Mozambicans are called on to vote for a new president on Wednesday with incumbent Filipe Nyusi, 65, prevented by the Constitution from seeking a third term ... He was appointed governor of the southern province of Inhambane in 2016.
The 47-year-old Chapo is a former governor of the southern province of Inhambane, a strong driver of the country’s tourism economy ... province of Cabo Delgado since 2017, including beheadings.
The 47-year-old Chapo is a former governor of the southern province of Inhambane, a strong driver of the country's tourism economy ... northern province of Cabo Delgado since 2017, including beheadings.
... arena, having joined government only in 2011 as a district administrator, rising by 2019 to become governor of the southern Inhambane province until taking over as general secretary of Frelimo in May.
Chapo, who has previously worked as a TV and radio presenter and taught constitutional law at university, entered politics as a district administrator in 2009, and most recently served as governor of the southern province of Inhambane.
The WFP’s response will focus on the provinces of Gaza, Inhambane, Sofala, Manica, and Tete... central and southern provinces of Mozambique, impacting agricultural production for vulnerable communities.
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