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The Best Attractions In Maputo

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Maputo is the capital and most populous city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is positioned within 120 km of the Swaziland and South Africa borders. The city has a population of 1,094,628 distributed over a land area of 347 km2 . The Maputo metropolitan area includes the neighbouring city of Matola, and has a total population of 1,766,823. Maputo is a port city, with an economy centered around commerce. It is also noted for its vibrant cultural scene and distinctive, eclectic architecture.Maputo is situated on a large natural bay on the Indian Ocean, near where the rivers Tembe, Mbuluzi, Matola and Infulene converge. The ...
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  • 1. Inhaca Island Maputo
    Inhaca Island is a subtropical island of Mozambique off the East African coast. The 52 km2 island separates Maputo Bay to the west from the Indian Ocean off its eastern shores. The island's irregular coastline approaches mainland Machangulo Peninsula at Ponta Torres where a 500-metre-wide tidal race separates the two headlands. In administrative terms Inhaca is a municipal district of the municipality of Maputo, while the Machangulo peninsula is included under the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area and is part of the district of Matutuíne, Maputo Province.
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  • 3. Maputo Central Train Station Maputo
    Maputo is the capital and most populous city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is positioned within 120 km of the Swaziland and South Africa borders. The city has a population of 1,094,628 distributed over a land area of 347 km2 . The Maputo metropolitan area includes the neighbouring city of Matola, and has a total population of 1,766,823. Maputo is a port city, with an economy centered around commerce. It is also noted for its vibrant cultural scene and distinctive, eclectic architecture.Maputo is situated on a large natural bay on the Indian Ocean, near where the rivers Tembe, Mbuluzi, Matola and Infulene converge. The city consists of seven administrative divisions, which are each subdivided into quarters or bairros. The city is surrounded by Maputo Provin...
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  • 4. Natural History Museum Maputo
    This is a list of natural history museums, also known as museums of natural history, i.e. museums whose exhibits focus on the subject of natural history, including such topics as animals, plants, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, and climatology. Some museums feature natural-history collections in addition to other collections, such as ones related to history, art and science. In addition, nature centers often include natural-history exhibits.
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  • 5. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Maputo
    The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic cathedral in downtown Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. The cathedral is located on Praça da Independência next to Hotel Rovuma and Maputo City Hall. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. The foundation stone for the construction of the church was laid on June 28, 1936, and is located inside the narthex and inscribed by the Bishop of Mozambique and Cape Verde, D. Rafael Maria da Asunção. Construction on the cathedral was completed in 1944. The cathedral was designed by the Portuguese civil engineer Marcial Simões de Freitas e Costa, then a railway director. He designed the church pro bono for the Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques. Freitas was inspired by the simple style and building materia...
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  • 11. Vila Algarve Maputo
    Vila Algarve is a residential house in the Mozambican capital Maputo. Built in 1934 and later protected as a listed building, the building housed the Portuguese secret police PIDE/DGS until the end of the Portuguese colonial period in Mozambique. It is located at the intersection of Avenida Mártires da Machava and Avenida Ahmed Sekou Touré.
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  • 12. Louis Tregardt Memorial Garden Maputo
    Louis Johannes Tregardt , also spelled Trichardt was a farmer from the Cape Colony's eastern frontier, who became an early voortrekker leader, called the voorste mense. Shunning colonial authority, he emigrated in 1834 to live among the Xhosa, before he crossed the Orange River into neutral territory. His northward trek, along with fellow trekker Johannes van Rensburg, was commenced in early 1836. He led his small party of emigrants, composed of seven Boer farmers, with their wives and thirty-four children, Bushman slaves and Bantu servants, into the uncharted interior of South Africa, and settled for a year at the base of the Zoutpansberg. At this most northerly point of their trek, unhealthy conditions began to take a toll on man and animal. Seemingly abandoned by a follow-up trek, and d...
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  • 13. Maputo Shopping Center Maputo
    Maputo is the capital and most populous city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is positioned within 120 km of the Swaziland and South Africa borders. The city has a population of 1,094,628 distributed over a land area of 347 km2 . The Maputo metropolitan area includes the neighbouring city of Matola, and has a total population of 1,766,823. Maputo is a port city, with an economy centered around commerce. It is also noted for its vibrant cultural scene and distinctive, eclectic architecture.Maputo is situated on a large natural bay on the Indian Ocean, near where the rivers Tembe, Mbuluzi, Matola and Infulene converge. The city consists of seven administrative divisions, which are each subdivided into quarters or bairros. The city is surrounded by Maputo Provin...
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