Island of Mozambique

E546572

UNESCO World Heritage Site historic town island

The Island of Mozambique is a historic coral island off the northern coast of Mozambique, renowned for its well-preserved blend of Swahili, Portuguese, and Islamic architecture and its former role as a major Portuguese trading and administrative center in the Indian Ocean.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mozambique Island	5
Island of Mozambique canonical	3
Ilha de Moçambique	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ historic town ⓘ island ⓘ
administrativeStatus	part of Island of Mozambique District ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Islamic architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese colonial architecture ⓘ Swahili architecture ⓘ
area	approximately 1.5 square kilometres ⓘ
bridgeLength	about 3.4 kilometres ⓘ
capitalUntil	late 19th century ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
colonialPeriodStart	late 15th century ⓘ
colonizedBy	Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedBy	bridge to mainland Mozambique ⓘ
conservationChallenge	limited local resources for maintenance ⓘ
conservationEffort	UNESCO-supported restoration projects ⓘ
contains	Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Baluarte NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort São Sebastião NERFINISHED ⓘ Macuti Town (Cidade de Macuti) NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum of the Island of Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ Palace and Chapel of São Paulo NERFINISHED ⓘ Stone Town (Cidade de Pedra) NERFINISHED ⓘ historic hospital complex ⓘ old customs house ⓘ old governor’s residence ⓘ
country	Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ
earliestOccupation	pre-Portuguese Swahili settlement ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalRole	administrative center for Portuguese presence in Southeast Africa ⓘ major Portuguese trading center in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
knownFor	blend of Swahili, Portuguese, and Islamic architecture ⓘ former Portuguese colonial capital of Mozambique ⓘ historic trading port ⓘ
languageUsed	Emakhuwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ
length	about 3 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Indian Ocean ⓘ Mozambique Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ Nampula Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity	fishing ⓘ small-scale trade ⓘ tourism ⓘ
namedBy	Portuguese explorers ⓘ
nearbyCity	Nampula NERFINISHED ⓘ
offCoastOf	northern Mozambique ⓘ
populationCharacteristic	Swahili cultural influences ⓘ ethnically mixed community ⓘ
religiousHeritage	Catholic churches ⓘ Hindu temples ⓘ mosques ⓘ
replacedAsCapitalBy	Lourenço Marques (Maputo) NERFINISHED ⓘ
threatenedBy	coastal erosion ⓘ cyclones ⓘ salt and humidity damage to buildings ⓘ
UNESCOcriteria	(iv) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOinscriptionYear	1991 ⓘ
usedFor	Indian Ocean trade routes NERFINISHED ⓘ gold and ivory trade ⓘ slave trade ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Portuguese East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
width	between 200 and 500 metres ⓘ