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| | Quelimane - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Quelimane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Seaport and capital of Zambezia province in northern Mozambique, lying on the Quelimane River, 322km/200 mi northeast of Beira; population (1991 est) 146,200. |
 | | First a Swahili trading centre, Quelimane was visited by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama in 1498, and there followed over 400 years of Portuguese occupation, during which, until 1875, the port was a major centre of the slave trade. |
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