# Zumbo > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Zumbo > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Zumbo.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumbo > Source revision: 1316181917 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{for-multi|people named Zumbo|Zumbo (surname)|the Australian TV series|Zumbo (TV series)}} {{refimprove|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Zumbo | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Mozambique | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mapsize = 200 | subdivision_type = [Country](/source/Countries_of_the_world) | subdivision_name = {{MOZ}} | subdivision_type1 = [Provinces](/source/Provinces_of_Mozambique) | subdivision_name1 = [Tete Province](/source/Tete_Province) | subdivision_type2 = [District](/source/Districts_of_Mozambique) | subdivision_name2 = [Zumbo District](/source/Zumbo_District) | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2005 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | settlement_type = | population_total = 33000 | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_mi2 = | timezone = [CAT](/source/Central_Africa_Time) | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|15|37|S|30|27|E|region:MZ|display=inline}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = [Climate](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification) | blank_info = [BSh](/source/Semi-arid_climate) | website = | footnotes = }} '''Zumbo''' is the westernmost town in [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique), on the [Zambezi River](/source/Zambezi_River). Lying on the north-east bank of the Zambezi-[Luangwa River](/source/Luangwa_River) confluence, it is a [border town](/source/border_town), with [Zambia](/source/Zambia) (and the town of [Luangwa, previously called Feira](/source/Luangwa%2C_Zambia)) across the Luangwa River and [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe) (with its border post at [Kanyemba](/source/Kanyemba)) diagonally across the Zambezi and 2 km upstream. In 2005, Zumbo had a population of 33,000, and it lies in the [Zumbo District](/source/Zumbo_District) of [Tete Province](/source/Tete_Province). Zumbo was established as a trading post in the early 18th century by the [Portuguese](/source/Portugal).{{cite thesis |last=Mudenge |first=Stanislaus Isack |date=1972-01-01 |title=The Rozvi Empire and the Feira of Zumbo. |url=https://soas-repository.worktribe.com/output/413588 |language=en |doi=10.25501/SOAS.00028656 |pages=167-180}} It became prosperous as it traded along the middle Zambezi and into Zimbabwe, and up the lower Luangwa, trading for [ivory](/source/ivory_trade) as far away as [Lake Bangweulu](/source/Lake_Bangweulu). It dominated the area, and traders from Zumbo settled in Feira. Zumbo declined after [Northern](/source/Northern_Rhodesia) and [Southern Rhodesia](/source/Southern_Rhodesia) (later Zambia and Zimbabwe) became part of the [British Empire](/source/British_Empire), cutting off its trade with those territories. In the 1970s the [Cahora Bassa Dam and lake](/source/Cahora_Bassa_Dam) were created downstream. Zumbo is at the farthest upstream extent of the lake. The town's strategic location meant that in the [Mozambican War of Independence](/source/Mozambican_War_of_Independence) and [Mozambican Civil War](/source/Mozambican_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](/source/fishing) in the river and lake, economic activity relies on trade with the neighbouring countries, inevitably involving [smuggling](/source/smuggling) as well. There are small [coal](/source/coal) mines near the town, and the main crops grown on the fertile banks and floodplain of the rivers are rice, [cassava](/source/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](/source/Songo%2C_Mozambique) at the Cahora Bassa Dam. ==References== {{reflist}} {{coord|15|37|S|30|27|E|region:MZ_type:city|display=title}} {{Authority control}} Category:Populated places in Tete Province Category:17th-century establishments in the Portuguese Empire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Zumbo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumbo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumbo?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.