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Inhambane Province

Province of Mozambique

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subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Mozambique
seat_type	Capital
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leader_title	Governor
leader_name	Eduardo Mussanhane
area_total_km2	68775
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area_code	(+258) 293
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Inhambane is a province of Mozambique located on the coast in the southern part of the country. It has an area of 68,615 km2 and a population of 1,488,676 (2017 census). 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.

Districts

Imhambane Province is divided into 12 districts:

Funhalouro District
Govuro District
Homoine District
Jangamo District
Inharrime District
Inhassoro District
Mabote District
Massinga District
Morrumbene District
Panda District
Vilanculos District
Zavala District

and the municipalities of:

Inhambane provincial capital
Maxixe largest population, and the province's economic capital

Culture

Inhambane is famous for its music, in particular the timbila (xylophone ensemble) of the Chopi ethnic group.

Geography

The province has two of the Mozambique's national parks: Zinave National Park in the northwest and Bazaruto National Park on the Bazaruto Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, in the northeast of the province, as well as the Pomene National Reserve.

Transportation

The province is served by Inhambane Airport, in Jangamo District. File:Moçambique Inhambane.gif|alt=|Provincial map File:Nu wel, 30 graadjes en lekker zonnig - Flickr - Martijn.Munneke.jpg|alt=|Beach in Tofo, Mozambique File:Inhambane train station.jpg|alt=|Inhambane train station File:Vilanculos Beach Lodge from the air.jpg|alt=Aerial photo showing a thatched-roof beach lodge surrounded by palm trees along a sandy coastline in Vilankulo, Mozambique.|Aerial view of a beach-lodge and coastline at Vilankulo, Mozambique

References

"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab".
"Total Population By Provinces - 2006". [[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Mozambique).

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