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The town was renamed Porto Amélia after the last Queen of Portugal.

Pemba
Mozambique
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Pemba

Mozambique

Country
Mozambique
Population
225.0K
Coordinates
-12.97, 40.52
768th most populous city in the world

Pemba is a port city and district in Mozambique. It is the capital and largest city of the Cabo Delgado province and lies on a peninsula in Pemba Bay, the third largest in Africa. It is located northeast of Maputo, Mozambique's capital.

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Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique · CC BY-SA 2.0