Bilene (1)

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Two hour's drive or 160 km, north of Maputo, Bilene is a popular little seaside town that overlooks the Uembje Lagoon.

The town was the capital settlement of Soshangane, the chief of Gaza, in the 1840s.


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In the days of the Portuguese, Bilene was known as Sao Martinho, and was a popular weekender spot, named after San Martinho do Porto in the Portuguese motherland, which is also set on a lake.
Many LM people had comes here, and the town's main road was a broad, elegant mix of cafés and bars, hotels and promenades.

Under Portuguese rule, an annual festival in honour of St. Martin was established on 4 November, with processions and singing and dancing.
It is still celebrate today.


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