Portuguese East Africa

E505633

Portuguese colony former colony overseas territory

Portuguese East Africa was a former Portuguese colony in southeastern Africa, largely corresponding to present-day Mozambique.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Portuguese Mozambique	12
Portuguese colonial rule in Mozambique	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ overseas territory ⓘ
borderedBy	Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyasaland NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Swaziland NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanganyika Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Lourenço Marques NERFINISHED ⓘ
coastlineOn	Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialAdministrationLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
colonialPower	Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialStatus	overseas province of Portugal ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency	Mozambican escudo ⓘ Portuguese real NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedBy	Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroups	Makua NERFINISHED ⓘ Sena ⓘ Shona NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsonga NERFINISHED ⓘ Yao NERFINISHED ⓘ
flagBearer	Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerNameOf	Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	Portuguese Ministry of the Overseas NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese colonial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem	Portuguese law ⓘ
locatedIn	Africa ⓘ southeastern Africa ⓘ
mainExport	cashew nuts ⓘ coal ⓘ copra ⓘ cotton ⓘ minerals ⓘ sugar ⓘ tea ⓘ timber ⓘ
mainRailwayHub	Beira NERFINISHED ⓘ Lourenço Marques NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorPort	Beira NERFINISHED ⓘ Lourenço Marques NERFINISHED ⓘ Nacala NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryReligionIntroducedByColonialPower	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
successor	Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs	labor reserve for South African mines ⓘ