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Maputo

Also known as Lourenço Marques

Maputo, known until 1976 as Lourenço Marques, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique, on Delagoa Bay in the far south of the country. A Portuguese trading post grew into a town that replaced Mozambique Island as the colonial capital in 1898, helped by the railway to the Transvaal opened in 1895. It became the capital of independent Mozambique in 1975.

Maputo
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Portuguese MozambiqueDutch Delagoa Bay

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Maputo. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/maputo
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“Maputo.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/maputo. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Maputo.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/maputo.
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