Sofala

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See also Sofala, New South Wales.

Sofala was a major port in East Africa. It lay on Sofala Bay, south of Beira in what is now Mozambique.

Founded by the ninth century, the port grew around the gold trade. Portugal constructed Fort San Caetano in Sofala in 1505, from stone imported from Europe, the stone being recycled in the twentieth century to build Beira's cathedral. Few ruins now survive at the site.

The Sofala Bank and Sofala Province are named for the site.