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INHAMBANE

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 568 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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INHAMBANE , a seaport of Portuguese See also:

East See also:Africa in 23° 50' S., 35° 25' E. The See also:town, which enjoys a reputation for healthiness, is finely situated on the See also:bank of a See also:river of the same name which empties into a See also:bay also called Inhambane. Next to See also:Mozambique Inhambane, which See also:dates from the See also:middle of the 16th See also:century, is architecturally the most important town in Portuguese East Africa. The See also:chief buildings are the fort, churches and See also:mosque. The See also:principal See also:church is built with See also:stone and See also:marble brought from See also:Portugal. The See also:population, about 4000 in 1909, is of a See also:motley See also:character: Portuguese and other Europeans, See also:Arabs, Banyans, See also:half-castes and negroes. Its See also:commerce was formerly mostly in See also:ivory and slaves. In 1834 Inhambane was taken and all its inhabitants See also:save ten killed by a Zulu See also:horde under Manikusa (see See also:GAZALAND). It was not until towards the See also:close of the 19th century that the See also:trade of the town revived. The value of ex-ports and imports in 1907 was about £150,000. The chief exports are See also:wax, See also:rubber, mafureira and other nuts, mealies and See also:sugar. See also:Cotton goods and cheap wines (for See also:consumption by natives) are the principal imports.

The See also:

harbour, about 9 m. See also:long by 5 wide, accommodates vessels See also:drawing 10 to 12 ft. of See also:water. The See also:depth of water over the See also:bar varies from 17 to 28 ft., and large vessels See also:discharge into and load from lighters. Inhambane is the natural See also:port for the extensive and fertile See also:district between the See also:Limpopo and Sabi See also:rivers. This region is the best recruiting ground for labourers in the See also:Rand See also:gold mines. See also:Mineral See also:oils have been found within a See also:short distance of the port.

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