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Maputo (Portuguese pronunciation:) is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within 120 kilometres (75 miles) of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa .
The history of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, traces its origins back over 500 years, when a fishing village developed by Maputo Bay on the site where the modern city of Maputo now stands. The first Europeans to discover the bay were Portuguese navigators led by António de Campo in 1502.
Map of Mozambique's cities, towns and selected villages Maputo, Capital of Mozambique. This is a list of cities and towns in Mozambique: Angoche [1] Beira [2] Catandica;
Maputo, the capital city of Portuguese Mozambique since 1898, was founded as Lourenco Marques before this Overseas Province of Portugal, the so-called Portuguese East Africa where was the seat of the governor-general, became independent from the colonial power in 1975: the city got its present name on 3 February 1976, giving its name to one of the six districts into which the province was divided.
P. Jenkins (2011), Simon Bekker and Goran Therborn (ed.), "Maputo and Luanda", Capital Cities in Africa: Power and Powerlessness, Dakar: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, ISBN 978-2-8697-8495-6
MAPUTO, Mozambique. (AP) — At least 6,000 inmates escaped from a high-security prison in Mozambique’s capital on Christmas Day after a rebellion, the country's police chief said, as widespread post-election riots and violence continue to engulf the country.
The Casa de Ferro (English: Iron House) is a historic prefabricated iron building located in Maputo, Mozambique. Originally built in Belgium, the structure was bought by the Portuguese colonial government and reassembled in 1892 in Maputo (at the time named Lourenço Marques). It was intended to serve as the residence of the Governor of the ...
At least 33 people died and over a dozen sustained injuries in a prison riot in Mozambique's capital as civil unrest over October's disputed election continued on Christmas Day. Authorities in ...