Sofala

Sofala, at present known as Nova Sofala, was a prominent Swahili city-state. It is located on the Sofala Bank in of . The first recorded use of this port town was by Mogadishan merchants.
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  • Type: Village with 27,300 residents
  • Description: geographical object
  • Also known as: “Çofala” and “Nova Sofala”

Sofala

Latitude
-20.15616° or 20° 9′ 22″ south
Longitude
34.7383° or 34° 44′ 18″ east
Population
27,300
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MZ NSO
Open location code
5GFPRPVQ+G8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6401775919
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1029535
Wiki­data ID
Q1361151
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Sofala” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سفالة”
  • Belarusian: “Сафала”
  • Catalan: “Sofala”
  • Chinese: “索法拉”
  • Chinese: “索法拉地區”
  • Dutch: “Sofala”
  • Esperanto: “Sofala”
  • Finnish: “Sofala”
  • French: “Sofala”
  • German: “Sofala”
  • Hausa: “Sofala”
  • Hebrew: “סופאלה”
  • Italian: “Sofala”
  • Japanese: “ソファラ”
  • Korean: “소팔라”
  • Malagasy: “Sofala (tanàna tranainy)”
  • Malagasy: “Sofala”
  • Malayalam: “നോവ സോഫല”
  • Malayalam: “സോഫല”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sofala”
  • Norwegian: “Sofala”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sofala”
  • Portuguese: “São Caetano de”
  • Portuguese: “Sofala Nova”
  • Portuguese: “Sofala”
  • Russian: “Софала”
  • Slovenian: “Sofala”
  • Somali: “Sofala”
  • Swahili: “Sofala”
  • Swedish: “Sofala”
  • Ukrainian: “Софала”

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