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Maputo City is the geographically smallest and most densely populated province in Mozambique. [5] Maputo is a cosmopolitan city, with Xitsonga, Portuguese, and, to a lesser extent, Arabic, Indian, and Chinese languages and cultures present. [citation needed] Almost 50% of Maputo speaks Portuguese as a native language as of 2017. [7]
1544 - Portuguese Lourenço Marques explores Maputo Bay.; 1787 - Fortress built by Portuguese. [1]1885 - Vasco de Gama Gardens laid out. [citation needed]1892 - O Commercio de Lourenço Marques begins publication.
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.
Central train station of Lourenço Marques (renamed as Maputo after independence from Portugal) The largest coastal cities, the first founded or settled by Portuguese people since the 16th century, like the capital Lourenço Marques , Beira , Quelimane , Nacala and Inhambane , were modern cosmopolitan ports and a melting pot of several cultures ...
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.
In the four decades of diplomatic relations between Mozambique and Portugal, cooperation has registered a substantial increase, covering all areas of activity by both nations. In 2011, the first Bilateral Mozambique-Portugal Summit was held in Lisbon. In 2014 and 2018, the second and third Bilateral Summits took place both in Maputo. In 2019 ...
In the southern parts of Mozambique—Maputo and Gaza provinces as well as the city of Maputo—the official figures are more than twice as high as the national average. In 2011 the health authorities estimated about 1.7 million Mozambicans were HIV-positive, of whom 600,000 were in need of anti-retroviral treatment.
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.