Chaimite, Mozambique

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Chaimite
Village
Monumento Chaimite.jpg
Monument to Gungunhana
Coordinates: 24°39′21″S33°18′57″E / 24.65583°S 33.31583°E / -24.65583; 33.31583
Country Mozambique
Province Gaza
Time zone UTC+2:00 (CAT)

Chaimite is a village sacred to the Nguni people of the Gaza Empire, currently in Gaza Province, Mozambique. In the area in January 1896, Gungunhana, the last emperor of Gaza, was imprisoned by the Portuguese Empire. [1] [2]

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24°39′21″S33°18′57″E / 24.65583°S 33.31583°E / -24.65583; 33.31583