Inhambane

Inhambane

Terra de Boa Gente
Inhambane Terra de Boa Gente
City
	Inhambane railway station
	Inhambane Location within Mozambique
	Coordinates: 23°51′54″S 35°23′00″E / 23.86500°S 35.38333°E
Country	Mozambique
Province	Inhambane Province
Founded	11th century
Elevation	1 m (3.3 ft)
Population (2017 census)
• Total	79,724
Time zone	+1
Postal code	1307
Area code	(+258)
Climate	Aw

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Satellite view of Inhambane Bay, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Inhambane [iɲɐ̃ˈbani] (also known as Terra de Boa Gente lit. 'Land of the Good People') is a city located in southern Mozambique, lying on Inhambane Bay, 470 km northeast of Maputo. It is the capital of the Inhambane Province and, according to the 2017 census, has a population of 79,724, growing from 54,157 in the 1997 census.

The settlement owes its existence to a deep inlet into which the small Mutamba River flows. Two protective sandy headlands protect the harbour and form a sandbank. The sister town of Maxixe is located across the bay from Inhambane.