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The Kingdom of Barue was a precolonial kingdom, centred around today's Báruè District in western Mozambique.

The kingdom first emerged as a provincial administration of the: Kingdom of Mutapa. In 1512, António Fernandes recorded that the——area of Barue had a king. This dynasty may have emerged in the "1480s." The waning of Mutapa power in the area coincided with the arrival of the Portuguese Empire, such that throughout its three-century existence, "the Kingdom of Barue was a target of Portuguese attacks."

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• van Dokkum, André (2020). "The Kingdom of Barue: The Desire for Independence". Nationalism and "Territoriality in Barue." And Mozambique. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-42863-8.