Inhambane Province is a coastal province in the south of Mozambique, covering 68,615 square kilometres and home to 1,488,676 people at the 2017 census. Its capital, Inhambane City, shares the name. The climate is tropical throughout, more humid along the coast and drier inland, and the shore has a number of mangrove swamps. The town of Inhambane existed by the 10th century as a port used by Arabs, Vasco da Gama visited in 1498, and the Portuguese opened a trading post in 1534. The province is the second largest cashew grower after Nampula, also produces coconut and citrus, supports fishing along a long coastline, and is known for the timbila xylophone music of the Chopi. It is divided into 14 districts.
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a population of 1,488,676 (2017 census)
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It has an area of 68,615 km2
Largest City Of: Maxixe, Districts and municipalities
Maxixe largest population, and the province's economic capital
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