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CHINDE , a See also:town of Portuguese See also:East See also:Africa, See also:chief See also:port for the See also:Zambezi valley and See also:British Central Africa, at the mouth of the Chinde See also:branch of the Zambezi, in 18° 4o' S., 36° 30' E. Pop. (1907) 2790, of whom 218 were Europeans. Large steamers are unable to See also:cross the See also:bar, over which the See also:depth of See also:water varies from so to 18 ft. Chinde owes its existence to the See also:discovery in 1889 that the branch of the See also:river on the See also:banks of which it is built is navigable from the ocean (see ZAMBEZI). The Portuguese in 1891 granted on See also:lease for 99 years an See also:area of 5 acres—subsequently increased to 25—to the British See also:government, on which goods in transit to British possessions could be stored See also:duty See also:free. This See also:block of See also:land is known as the British Concession, or British Chinde. The prosperity of the town largely depends on the transit See also:trade with Nyasaland and See also:North East See also:Rhodesia. There is also a considerable export from Portuguese districts, See also:sugar, See also:cotton and ground nuts being largely cultivated in the Zambezi valley, and See also:gold and See also:copper mines worked. End of Article: CHINDEAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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