Chupanga

Chupanga stands on the southern bank of the lower Zambezi, where wooded country borders the great river and its floodplain. It became part of the network of prazos, estates granted under Portuguese authority along the valley. In 1783 the land of Chupanga was granted to Manuel Ribeiro dos Santos. Like other estates on the Zambezi, it belonged to a region where African communities and holders of Portuguese grants shaped local power and access to the river.