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Quelimane

Sleeping

1 Hotel 1 de Julho B3

2 Hotel Chuabo B3

3 Hotel Flamingo C3

4 Hotel Rosy B2

5 Pensão Ideal C2

6 Pensão Quelimane B2

7 Residencial Millénio B2

8 Villa Nagardas D2

Eating

9 Centro Turístico Gany Marina D4

10 Estilo China B3

Information

11 Farmácia Calêndula B2

Transport

12 Chapas to Zalala Beach D2

13 LAM B3

History
Quelimane stands on the site of an old Arab trading settlement dating to at least the 15th
century and built on the banks of the Bons Sinais River in the days when this was still
linked to the Zambezi River. Until the 19th century, when the river channel became
clogged with silt, Quelimane served as the main entry port to the interior. It was also an
important export point for agri- cultural products, and a major slave-trading centre. Today
few traces of this long history are evident and, apart from the cathedral, almost no old
buildings remain.