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16-522: Zambezia may refer to: Places [ edit ] Zambezia Province , Mozambique Zambezia, Cabo Delgado , Mozambique, a village in Cabo Delgado Province Zambezia or Zambesia, an early name for Rhodesia (now Zambia and Zimbabwe) Other uses [ edit ] Zambezia (film) , a 2012 South African animated film Zambezia (journal) : The Journal of Humanities of

32-580: A small but relatively steady stream of visitors. In addition, Quelimane is home to branches of many international NGOs, and frequent visits from foreign aid consultants, workers, and government officials also contribute to the economy. The city received a further boost when Quelimane hosted the Ninth Annual Frelimo Party Convention in November 2006. After decades of municipal decline, the current mayor, Manuel de Araujo ,

48-481: A stop-off for local artisanal fishers. At present, only Ilha do Fogo , one of the Primeiras Islands, has infrastructure. It runs solely on clean energy, using solar power , and offers ecotourism retreats. Agricultural products include rice , maize , cassava , cashews , sugarcane , soybeans , coconuts , citrus , cotton , and tea . The country's largest tea estates are at Gurúè , while Lioma

64-490: A town. Until 1853 trade was forbidden to any other than Portuguese. Sisal plantations were organized by Swiss planters in the beginning of the 20th century, namely Joseph Émile Stucky de Quay . The town started to grow and attracted several communities from different backgrounds, including Muslims and Indians, and new infrastructure was built by the Portuguese authorities. Its busy port had tea , grown and processed in

80-716: Is a seaport in Mozambique . It is the administrative capital of the Zambezia Province and the province's largest city, and stands 25 km (16 mi) from the mouth of the Rio dos Bons Sinais (or "River of the Good Signs"). The river was named when Vasco da Gama , on his way to India , reached it and saw "good signs" that he was on the right path. The town was the end point of David Livingstone 's west-to-east crossing of south-central Africa in 1856. Portuguese

96-531: Is a centre of soybean production. Fishing is especially productive of shrimp , and gemstones are mined at several sites. Vasco da Gama landed at the site of Quelimane in 1498. Shortly after, the Portuguese established a permanent presence, and many moved up the Zambezi into the interior, for many years the farthest inland European presence (although over time there was much intermarrying, and few residents were of purely Portuguese descent). Zambezia Province

112-466: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Zambezia Province Zambezia has a total area of 103,478 km . The 2,574 kilometre Zambezi River runs through Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique before emptying into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Zambezia. Mangroves are predominant along the coast and five of

128-497: Is divided into the 16 districts of: In addition, there is one municipality - the city of Quelimane - with an area of 117 km and 192,876 population. The above district populations are from the provisional results of the September 2007 Census. 17°0′S 37°0′E  /  17.000°S 37.000°E  / -17.000; 37.000 Quelimane Quelimane ( Portuguese pronunciation: [keliˈmani] )

144-539: Is reportedly overseeing a renewed civic effort at economic and infrastructural restoration. Among the places of worship , they are predominantly Christian churches and temples: Roman Catholic Diocese of Quelimane ( Catholic Church ), ( Reformed Church in Mozambique ( World Communion of Reformed Churches ), Igreja Presbiteriana de Moçambique ( World Communion of Reformed Churches ), Convenção Baptista de Moçambique ( Baptist World Alliance ), Universal Church of

160-517: Is the official language of Mozambique, and many residents of the areas surrounding Quelimane speak Portuguese. The most common local language is Chuabo . Quelimane, along with much of Zambezia Province, is extremely prone to floods during Mozambique's rainy season. The town originated as a Swahili trade centre, and then grew as a slave market of the Indian Ocean slave trade . Quelimane was founded by Muslim traders (see Kilwa Sultanate ) and

176-526: The 10 islands archipelago are offshore of the region. Considerable forests can be found inland, with a scattering of estuaries and rivers. Zambezia's islands lie in the Primeiras e Segundas Environmental Protection Area . This string of islands is split into the Primeiras Islands and Segundas Islands (First Islands and Second Islands in Portuguese ) and are largely uninhabited, aside from providing

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192-729: The University of Zimbabwe See also [ edit ] Zambesia , a self-proclaimed state in Southern Africa Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Zambezia . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zambezia&oldid=1244419187 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

208-475: The district of Zambézia (particularly important in the region around Gurúè , formerly Vila Junqueiro ), as its major export. Coconut was also produced and processed in the city. By 1970, Quelimane had 71,786 inhabitants. Mozambique became independent from Portugal in 1975, after the April 1974 Carnation Revolution at Lisbon . Although its location on the Rio dos Bons Sinais is less important today than in

224-450: The past, Quelimane remains a major town with a large hospital , two cathedrals , a mosque , and a public university for teachers. Due to its heat, humidity, and distance from the beach, Quelimane is not among Mozambique's major tourist destinations. However, its status as a provincial capital and the fourth-largest city in Mozambique and the increasing ease of access by plane ( Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique runs flights) and road contribute to

240-467: The settlement, they were welcomed by a notable Arab, or half Arab, who acted as interpreter between them and the natives. The name which the Portuguese applied to this individual, and his settlement, was 'Quelimane' (pronounced Kelimãn), because in the corrupt Arabic spoken on the East African coast 'Kalimãn' is the word for 'Interpreter'. In Swahili it is 'Mkalimani'. In 1761, the settlement became

256-419: Was one of the oldest towns in the region. The origins of the name 'Quelimane' are obscure. One tradition alleges that Vasco da Gama , in 1498, inquired about the name of the place from some inhabitants labouring in the fields outside the settlement. Thinking he was asking what they were doing, they simply replied kuliamani ('we are cultivating'). An alternative explanation is that when the Portuguese reached

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