Proper noun
Sofala
(historical) The chief seaport of the Mwenemutapa Kingdom, whose capital was at Mount Fura; located on the Sofala Bank in Sofala Province of Mozambique.
And if the boats proceeded on to Sofala, in modern Mozambique, the extra leg totaled 4,700 miles, or 6,500 kilometers. Source: Internet
At the same time, the Sul do Save main district was divided into Gaza, Inhambane and Lourenço Marques main, while the Tete main district was split from Manica and Sofala. Source: Internet
Of the samples tested, 687 were from Maputo city, 211 from Maputo province, 209 from Zambezia, 131 from Tete, 75 from Sofala, 50 from Inhambane, 19 from Manica, nine from Niassa, and five from Gaza. Source: Internet
Indeed, some said they were going, not to Sofala, but to the Zambezia provincial capital, Quelimane, where they would work for a building company. Source: Internet
Of the samples tested, 234 came from Maputo province, 161 from Cabo Delgado, 97 from Sofala, 85 from Maputo City, 44 from Gaza, four from Nampula, four from Zambezia and two from Inhambane. Source: Internet
Mozambique was constituted as four districts on 1 January 1943 — Manica and Sofala, Niassa main, Sul do Save main (South of the Save River), and Zambézia main. Source: Internet