- Zumbo
:"For the firearms and hunting commentator, writer, and blogger see
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footnotes =Zumbo is the most western town in
Mozambique , on theZambezi River . Lying on the north-east bank of the Zambezi-Luangwa River confluence, it is a border town, withZambia (and the town of Luangwa, previously called Feira,) across the Luangwa River andZimbabwe (with its border post atKanyemba ) diagonally across the Zambezi and 2 km upstream. In 2005 Zumbo had a population of 33,000 and lies in theZumbo District ofTete Province .Zumbo was established as a trading post in the last part of the 17th century by the Portuguese. It became prosperous as it traded along the middle Zambezi and into Zimbabwe, and up the lower Luangwa, trading for
ivory as far away asLake Bangweulu . It dominated the area, and traders from Zumbo settled in Feira. Zumbo declined after Northern andSouthern Rhodesia (later Zambia and Zimbabwe) became part of theBritish Empire , cutting off its trade with those territories.In the 1970s the Cahora Bassa Dam and lake were created downstream. Zumbo is at the furthest upstream extent of the lake.
The town's strategic location meant that in the
Mozambican War of Independence andMozambican Civil War , guerrilla warfare was active in and around the town and many landmines were laid. Zumbo was abandoned for a time in the civil war and partially destroyed, and reconstruction is still continuing.As well as
fishing in the river and lake, economic activity relies on trade with the neighbouring countries, inevitably involvingsmuggling as well. There are smallcoal mines near the town, and the main crops grown on the fertile banks and floodplain of the rivers are rice,cassava , and beans.Road connections with the rest of Mozambique are in very poor condition, and the main means of travel and supply is by boat from
Songo at the Cahora Bassa Dam.
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