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Humpback whales and several species of dolphins live in the water while southern right whales [4] [5] and dugongs [6] [7] were once numerous in the bay and are rare today. An aerial view of Portuguese Island, a small uninhabited island, located 10 km from Maputo. The island is a popular tourist location in the area.
The Port of Maputo, also called the Maputo-Matola port complex, is a Mozambican port located in the cities of Maputo and Matola. They are installed in Maputo Bay , on the north bank of the Espírito Santo estuary , which is separated from the Mozambique Channel by the islands of Inhaca and Portugueses and by the Machangulo peninsula.
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.
Location of Mozambique in Africa. ... Lourenço Marques explored the area that is now Maputo Bay in 1544. ... Lourenço Marques (today Maputo), Portuguese Mozambique ...
Map of Mozambique's population centres Location of Mozambique Mozambique's topography A view of the Zambezi river delta from space. [1] The geography of Mozambique consists mostly of coastal lowlands with uplands in its center and high plateaus in the northwest. There are also mountains in the western portion.
A view of the city of Maputo from Katembe. Katembe is located on the south-western side of Maputo Bay, near the Estuário do Espírito Santo where the rivers Tembe, Mbuluzi, Matola and Infulene converge. The bay is 95 kilometres (59 mi) long and 30 kilometres (19 mi) wide. At the extreme east of Katembe and the bay is the island of Inhaca.
The Fort Nossa Senhora da Conceição of Lourenço Marques, nowadays known as the Maputo Fortress (Fortaleza de Maputo) is located at Praça 25 de Junho and represents one of the main historical monuments of the city of Maputo, former Lourenço Marques, in Mozambique. It has a square floor plan, built in reddish stone masonry.
Maputo Bay The Machangulo peninsula is situated in the southernmost part of Mozambique adjacent to Inhaca and Portuguese Islands in the Maputo Bay . This Mozambique location article is a stub .