City profile · Mozambique · Africa
Quelimane
City population
349,842
#7
in Mozambique
#1
in Zambezia Province
#1,633
worldwide
-17.879, 36.888 · 1,003 km from Maputo
About Quelimane
Quelimane is a city in Zambezia Province, Mozambique with a population of 349,842. It is the 7th largest of the 66 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mozambique, and the 1,633rd largest worldwide. It lies 1,003 km from Maputo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 10
Elevation
9 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Maputo
Coordinates
-17.879, 36.888
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 66 in MozambiqueClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.