Inhambane is a city located in southern Mozambique, lying on Inhambane Bay. It is the capital of the Inhambane Province and has a population of 77,000. Image File history File links MZ-Inhambane. ... Inhambane is a province of Mozambique located on the coast in the southern part of the country. ...

Founded by Swahili traders, the town grew as a slave port and ivory trading centre in the eighteenth century under mostly Indian control. It was destroyed in 1834 by Soshangane, but grew rapidly in the second half of the century, from which period its cathedral and old mosque date. A railway wad constructed, but it later declined. Swahili (also called Kiswahili; see Kiswahili for a discussion of the nomenclature) is an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Rje 00:33, August 23, 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Anglican, Catholic and some Lutheran churches, which serves as the central church of a diocese, and thus as a bishops seat. ... The Masjid al-Haram in Mecca as it exists today A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ...

The city is now home to a museum and a market and is known for its nearby beaches of Tofo and Barra. Motor and dhow taxis sail from the town to Maxixe. The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... Look up Market in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Beach (disambiguation). ... A Dhow near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. ... Maxixe (pronounced ma-sheesh) is the largest city and economic capital of the province of Inhambane, Mozambique, with a population of 97,173 (1997 census). ...

Coordinates: 23°52′S 35°23′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...