Beira
Beira is a port town in Mozambique. Beira is the second largest city in Mozambique and capital of the Sofala Province. During the 1950s and 60s, before the independence of Mozambique, Beira was a playground for white and rich Rhodesians as the country was a colony of Portugal, which did not participate in the UN embargo against Rhodesia.Notable Places in the Area
Estádio do Ferroviário
Stadium
The Estádio do Chiveve is a multi-purpose stadium in Beira, Mozambique.
Catholic University of Mozambique
University
The Catholic University of Mozambique is a university in Mozambique. Photo: Medici con l'Africa Cuamm, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beira
- Type: City
- Description: city in Mozambique
- Categories: municipality of Mozambique and big city
- Location: Central Mozambique, Mozambique, Southern Africa, Africa
Latitude -19.8287° or 19° 49' 43.3" south | Longitude 34.8418° or 34° 50' 30.4" east |
Population 436,000 | IATA airport code BEW |
United Nations Location Code MZ BEW | Elevation 6 metres (20 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 259593578 | GeoNames ID 1052373 |
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Beira
- Arabic: بيرا
- Armenian: Բեյրա (Մոզամբիկ)
- Armenian: Բեյրա
- Basque: Beira
- Belarusian: Бейра
- Belarusian: Бэйра
- Bengali: বেইরা
- Breton: Beira
- Bulgarian: Бейра
- Catalan: Beira
- Cebuano: Beira
- Chinese: 貝拉
- Chinese: 贝拉
- Croatian: Beira
- Czech: Beira
- Danish: Beira
- Dutch: Beira
- English: Beira, Mozambique
- Esperanto: Beira
- Estonian: Beira
- Finnish: Beira
- French: Beira
- French: Beira (Mozambique)
- Georgian: ბეირა
- German: Beira
- Greek: Μπέιρα
- Gujarati: બૈરા
- Hausa: Beira
- Hebrew: ביירה
- Hindi: बीरा
- Hungarian: Beira
- Indonesian: Beira
- Italian: Beira
- Japanese: ベイラ
- Kannada: ಬೀರಾ
- Kazakh: Бейра
- Korean: 베이라
- Latvian: Beira
- Lithuanian: Beira
- Malay: Beira
- Maori: Beira
- Marathi: बेइरा
- Northern Frisian: Beira
- Norwegian: Beira
- Norwegian Bokmål: Beira
- Persian: بریا، موزامبیک
- Persian: بیرا، موزامبیک
- Polish: Beira
- Portuguese: Beira
- Romanian: Beira, Mozambic
- Romanian: Beira
- Russian: Бейра
- Serbian: Beira
- Serbian: Беира
- Sinhala: බෙයිරා
- Slovak: Beira
- Slovenian: Beira
- South Azerbaijani: بیرا، موزامبیک
- Spanish: Beira
- Swahili: Beira
- Swedish: Beira
- Tamil: பேய்ரா
- Telugu: బీరా
- Thai: เบียรา
- Thai: ไบรา
- Turkish: Beira, Mozambik
- Turkish: Beira
- Ukrainian: Бейра
- Urdu: بیئرا، موزمبیق
- Uzbek: Beyra
- Vietnamese: Beira
- Zulu: Beira
Other Places Named Beira
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- Beira PortPort
- Universidade PedagogicaUniversity
- Ponta ChivevePoint
- Beira OldAirfield
- Universidade Católica de MoçambiqueUniversity
- Pungwe RiverStream
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