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Goba, Mozambique

human settlement in Mozambique

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ5575394 ↗
Source-derived summary

Goba is a small town in Mozambique. It is located in Maputo Province of southern Mozambique, near the border with Eswatini.

Transport

Goba is served by a railway station on the Goba railway, which extends from Maputo into Eswatini.

In popular culture

The natural landscapes around Goba were a filming location for the 2006 film Blood Diamond.

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The public source identifies “Goba, Mozambique” as human settlement in Mozambique. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Goba, Mozambique and human.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Goba, Mozambique and human providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5575394. Authority coordinates are -26.200, 32.138. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from “Goba, Mozambique” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.