MAPUTO: The Beautiful Capital City of MOZAMBIQUE | 10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT IT

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MAPUTO: The Beautiful Capital City of MOZAMBIQUE | 10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT IT


Until 1976, the city was called Lourenço Marques. The name was derived from the Portuguese trader who first explored the region in 1544. The port city with a population of 1,122,000 as of 2021 is the capital of Mozambique. It is an Indian Ocean port with preserved Portuguese colonial architecture. Many turn-of-the-century buildings are in the…

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  1. Russian symbols on the flag and the country named after an Arab slave trader, are two of the put offs, offensive to the people. Please note, you changed Portuguese colonial names which are less offensive, seriously consider changing flag and country name. Ask all people including diaspora to suggest name and fag change.

  2. Je regarde Les Videos ,je m,informent eux ils Interpreten Pardon dites ces Gens que nous sommes Differenz moumou 🙄🙄🙄🙄LS sont fous ,meme Au travail c,etait Les memes betises horrible

  3. Maputo was the name of a jazz tune by David Sandborn. I was trying to learn it on the saxophone, and I researched the name and found out that Maputo is the Capital of Mozambique. A beautiful place; now, It gives me more grove when I play the tune.

  4. About time to not use foreign design but indigenous African or Mozambique architectural design or a touch of Mozambique.

    About time.

  5. there should be more flights to maputo from major cities around the world, like direct flights from dubai, mumbai, london, istanbul, mauritius, antananarivo, etc.