Sofala Province
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Sofala is a province of Mozambique. It has a population of 1,642,920. Beira is the capital of the province, named for the ruined port of Sofala which is 35 kilometres to the south.
Sofala is a province of Mozambique. It has a population of 1,642,920 (2007 census).
Beira is the capital of the province, named for the ruined port of Sofala which is 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the south.
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History
Portuguese landholder and imperialist Joaquim Carlos Paiva de Andradaestablished a base at the river mouth at what is now Beira in 1884.
Sofala Province is one of the strongholds of the RENAMO. In late 1978 RENAMO guerrillas were “ranging into Sofala Province and launching attacks along the Beira–Chimoio road and rail line, the Dondo–Inhaminga corridor”. Some of the more scarcely populated areas of the province are affected by landmines; defensive rings around villages were still common in some rural areas according to mid 1990s reports by Oxfam.