Stone Town, in Portuguese Cidade de Pedra, is a town at the northern end of the Island of Mozambique. Pottery found on the island shows that the original town was founded no later than the fourteenth century. By tradition its first Swahili settlers came from Kilwa, and by the fifteenth century its rulers had links with the rulers of both Angoche and Quelimane. Wikipedia gives coordinates for Cidade de Pedra that fall at about 15.03 degrees south and 40.74 degrees east. The SRTM 90 metre elevation model reads about 13 metres above sea level at that point. Like the rest of Mozambique, Cidade de Pedra keeps Central Africa Time, which is two hours ahead of UTC all year.
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Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Opentopodata: SRTM 90 m elevation at the coordinates of Cidade de Pedra
OpentopodataSRTM 90 m elevation at the Wikipedia coordinates of the settlement
"elevation": 13.0
Elevation band of the SRTM 90 m elevation of the settlement
"elevation": 13.0
View the Source 2. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -15.25, 40.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -15.25, 40.75
-15.25 40.75 Aw
View the Source 3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/Maputo, the zone of Mozambique, standard offset 2:00 CATQuote, Zone Africa/Maputo, the zone of Mozambique, standard offset 2:00 CAT
Zone Africa/Maputo
View the Source Cidade de Pedra, Mozambique (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Mozambique, Lead, locationQuote, Part Of: Mozambique, Lead, location
Stone Town (Portuguese: Cidade de Pedra) is a town situated towards the northern end of the Island of Mozambique.
View the Source citypopulation.de: Mozambique: Administrative Division (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.deOn Continent: Africa, Page breadcrumbQuote, On Continent: Africa, Page breadcrumb
Home → Africa → Mozambique
View the Source UN Statistics Division, M49 overview (source)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), M49 table, Mozambique rowQuote, In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), M49 table, Mozambique row
Mozambique
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