Sofala

Sofala is a province of . It has a population of 2,259,248. is the capital of the province, named for the ruined port of which is 35 kilometres to the south.
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  • Type: province of Mozambique with 2,260,000 residents
  • Description: province of Mozambique
  • Also known as: Distrito da Beira”, “Provincia de Beira”, and “Sofala Province

Sofala

Latitude
-19.2° or 19° 12′ south
Longitude
34.8° or 34° 48′ east
Population
2,260,000
Elevation
138 metres (453 feet)
Open location code
5GGPQRX2+X2
Geo­Names ID
1026804
Wiki­data ID
Q622801
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Sofala” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Sofala
  • Arabic: محافظة سفالة
  • Arabic: محافظة سوفالا
  • Basque: Sofala probintzia
  • Belarusian: Сафала
  • Bengali: সোফালা প্রদেশ
  • Bulgarian: Провинция Софала
  • Bulgarian: Софала
  • Catalan: Districte de Beira
  • Catalan: Manica i Sofala
  • Catalan: Província de Sofala
  • Cebuano: Sofala Province
  • Chinese: Sofala Séng
  • Chinese: 索法拉省
  • Danish: Sofala
  • Dutch: Sofala
  • Esperanto: Provinco Sofala
  • Estonian: Sofala provints
  • Finnish: Sofala
  • French: Province de Sofala
  • French: Sofala
  • Georgian: სოფალის პროვინცია
  • German: Provinz Sofala
  • German: Sofala
  • Greek: Επαρχία Σοφάλα
  • Greek: Σοφάλα
  • Gujarati: સોફાલા પ્રાંત
  • Hebrew: מחוז סופאלה
  • Hindi: सोफला प्रांत
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Sofala
  • Indonesian: Sofala
  • Italian: provincia di Sofala
  • Italian: Provincia di Sofala
  • Italian: Sofala
  • Japanese: ソファラ州
  • Kannada: ಸೋಫಾಲಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Korean: 소팔라주
  • Kotava: MozambikaSofalaWinka
  • Latvian: Sofalas province
  • Lithuanian: Sofalos provincija
  • Malagasy: Faritanin’ i Sofala
  • Malagasy: Sofala
  • Malay: Sofala Province
  • Marathi: सोफला प्रांत
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sofala Séng
  • Northern Frisian: Sofala
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sofala
  • Norwegian: Sofala
  • Persian: استان سوفالا
  • Polish: Sofala
  • Portuguese: Província de Sofala
  • Portuguese: Sofala
  • Romanian: Provincia Sofala
  • Russian: Софала
  • Sinhala: සොෆලා පළාත
  • Slovenian: Sofala
  • Spanish: Provincia de Sofala
  • Spanish: Sofala
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Sofala
  • Swahili: Sofala
  • Swedish: Sofala
  • Tamil: சோபாலா மாகாணம்
  • Telugu: సోఫాలా ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: సోఫాలా రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: จังหวัดโซฟาลา
  • Turkish: Sofala Bölgesi
  • Ukrainian: Софала
  • Urdu: سافولا صوبہ
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Sofala
  • Welsh: Talaith Sofala
  • Zulu: Sofala (Isifundazwe)
  • Zulu: Sofala

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