» There's also Sofala, New South Wales Sofala, at present known as Nova Sofala, used to be the chief seaport of the Monomotapa Kingdom, whose capital was at Mount Fura. It's located on the Sofala Bank in Sofala Province of Mozambique. The site of the oldest harbour documented in Southern Africa, medieval Sofala took its name from the Sofala River which enters the Indian Ocean nearby. Vasco da Gama's companion Thomé Lopes left a narrative which identifies Sofala with the Biblical Ophir and… (More on Sofala)