Maputo

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On the northern bank of Espírito Santo Estuary of Delagoa Bay, an inlet of the Indian Ocean, Lourenço Marques was named after the Portuguese navigator who, with António Caldeira, was sent in 1544 by the governor of Mozambique on a voyage of exploration.{{cite web |title=Maputo |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Maputo |website=britannica.com |access-date=2019-07-07 }} They explored the lower courses of the rivers emptying their waters into Delagoa Bay, notably the Espírito Santo. The forts and trading stations that the Portuguese established, abandoned and reoccupied on the north bank of the river were all named "Lourenço Marques". The existing town dates from about 1850, with the previous settlement having been entirely destroyed by the natives. The town developed around a Portuguese fortress completed in 1787.{{cite book |last=Newitt |first=Malyn |title=Portugal in Africa: The Last Hundred Years |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers |year=1981 |pages=145-146 |isbn=978-0905838496 }}{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Felix |title=The Portuguese in South-East Africa, 1488–1600 |publisher=The Clarendon Press |year=1976 |pages=85–87 }}

They explored the lower courses of the rivers emptying their waters into Delagoa Bay, notably the Espírito Santo. The forts and trading stations that the Portuguese established, abandoned and reoccupied on the north bank of the river were all named "Lourenço Marques".{{cite journal |last1=Andersen |first1=Jørgen Eskemose |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |last3=Nielsen |first3=Morten |title=Who Plans the African City? A Case Study of Maputo: Part 1 – the Structural Context |journal=International Development Planning Review |volume=37 |issue=3 |year=2015 |pages=334 |doi=10.3828/idpr.2015.20 |url=https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2015.20 |access-date=2023-07-01 }}

In 1871, the town was described as a poor place, with narrow streets, fairly good flat-roofed houses, grass huts, decayed forts, and a rusty cannon, enclosed by a recently erected wall {{convert|6|ft|order=flip}} high and protected by bastions at intervals.{{sfn|Newitt|1981|pp=34–35}} The growing importance of the Transvaal led, however, to greater interest being taken back in Portugal in the development of a port.{{sfn|Robinson|1976|p=86}} A commission was sent by the Portuguese government in 1876 to drain the marshy land near the settlement, to plant the blue gum tree, and to build a hospital and a church.{{sfn|Newitt|1981|p=57}} A city since 1887, it superseded the Island of Mozambique as the capital of Mozambique in 1898.{{sfn|Robinson|1976|p=87}} In 1895, the opening of the NZASM railroad to Pretoria, South Africa, caused the city's population to grow.{{sfn|Newitt|1981}} The Witwatersrand Gold Rush, which began in 1886, also increased the economic development of the city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as Lourenço Marques served as the closest seaport for the export of gold from South Africa.{{sfn|Robinson|1976}} The existing town dates from about 1850, with the previous settlement having been entirely destroyed by the natives. The town developed around a Portuguese fortress completed in 1787.

On 9 December 1876, Lourenço Marques was elevated to the status of village, and on 10 November 1887 it became a city.

The Luso-British conflict for the possession of Lourenço Marques ended on 24 July 1875 with Patrice de MacMahon, the French President, ruling in favour of Portugal.

In 1871, the town was described as a poor place, with narrow streets, fairly good flat-roofed houses, grass huts, decayed forts, and a rusty cannon, enclosed by a recently erected wall {{convert|6|ft|order=flip}} high and protected by bastions at intervals. The growing importance of the Transvaal led, however, to greater interest being taken back in Portugal in the development of a port. A commission was sent by the Portuguese government in 1876 to drain the marshy land near the settlement, to plant the blue gum tree, and to build a hospital and a church. A city since 1887, it superseded the Island of Mozambique as the capital of Mozambique in 1898. In 1895, the opening of the NZASM railroad to Pretoria, South Africa, caused the city's population to grow. The Witwatersrand Gold Rush, which began in 1886, also increased the economic development of the city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as Lourenço Marques served as the closest seaport for the export of gold from South Africa.

In the early 20th century, with a well-equipped seaport, with piers, quays, landing sheds and electric cranes which enabled large vessels to discharge cargoes direct into the railway trucks, Lourenço Marques developed under Portuguese rule and achieved great importance as a lively cosmopolitan city. It was served by British, Portuguese, and German liners, and the majority of its imported goods were shipped to Southampton, Lisbon, and Hamburg.

With the continuous growth of the city's population due to its expanding economy centred on the seaport, from the 1940s Portugal's administration built a network of primary and secondary schools, industrial and commercial schools as well as the first university in the region.{{cite web |last=UNESCO |title=Education in Mozambique: Past and Present |url=https://en.unesco.org/countries/mozambique/education |access-date=2025-06-03}} The University of Lourenço Marques was opened in 1962. Portuguese, Islamic (including Ismailis), Indian (including from Portuguese India) and Chinese (including Macanese) communities — but not the unskilled African majority — achieved great prosperity by developing the industrial and commercial sectors of the city. Urban areas of Mozambique grew quickly in this period due to the lack of restriction on the internal migration of indigenous Mozambicans, a situation that differed from the apartheid policies of neighbouring South Africa.

Before Mozambique's independence in 1975, thousands of tourists from South Africa and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) frequented the city and its scenic beaches, high-quality hotels, restaurants, casinos, and brothels.{{cite web |title=Lourenço Marques a cidade feitiço |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUuUybBmqDc |access-date=2025-06-03 }}

The Mozambique Liberation Front, or FRELIMO, formed in Tanzania in 1962 and led by Eduardo Mondlane, fought for independence from Portuguese rule. The Mozambican War of Independence lasted over 10 years, ending only in 1974 when the Estado Novo regime was overthrown in Lisbon by a leftist military coup — the Carnation Revolution. The new government of Portugal granted independence to almost all Portuguese overseas territories (except for Timor Leste and Macau).{{cite book |last=Cybriwsky |first=Roman Adrian |title=Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2013 |page=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qb6NAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 |access-date=2025-06-03 }}

The words "Aqui é Portugal" (Here is Portugal) were once inscribed on the walkway of its municipal building.{{cite web |last=Soares |first=Joaquim Pereira |title=O fenómeno da nossa descolonização: Retornados, Deslocados e Espoliados |url=http://www.aemo.org/Ofenomenodanossadescolonizacao.htm |access-date=2014-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611165759/http://www.aemo.org/Ofenomenodanossadescolonizacao.htm |archive-date=2016-06-11 }}

The People's Republic of Mozambique was proclaimed on 25 June 1975 in accordance with the Lusaka Accord signed in September 1974.Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2013, p. 181{{cite web |url=https://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Acordo_de_Lusaka |title=Acordo de Lusaka |language=pt |trans-title=Lusaka Accord |publisher=Diário do Governo, Portugal |date=1974 |access-date=2016-02-06 }} A parade and a state banquet completed the independence festivities in the capital, which was expected to be renamed Can Phumo, or "Place of Phumo", after a Shangaan chief who lived in the area before the Portuguese navigator Lourenço Marques first visited the site in 1545 and gave his name to it.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101022145635/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C913229-2%2C00.html "Dismantling the Portuguese Empire"], Time Magazine (July 7, 1975) However, after independence, the city's name was changed (in February 1976) to Maputo. Maputo's name reputedly has its origin in the Maputo River: in fact, this river, which marks the border with South Africa in the southernmost extent of Mozambique, had become symbolic during the FRELIMO-led armed struggle against Portuguese sovereignty{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}, after the motto «Viva Moçambique unido, do Rovuma ao Maputo», that is, Hail Mozambique, united from Rovuma down to Maputo (Rovuma is the river which marks the northern border with Tanzania).

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Maputo is located on the west side of Maputo Bay, near the Estuário do Espírito Santo where the four rivers Tembe, Umbeluzi, Matola and Infulene drain. The bay is {{convert|95|km|0|abbr=off}} long and {{convert|30|km|0|abbr=off}} wide. At the extreme east of the city and bay is the island of Inhaca. The total area covered by the municipality of Maputo is {{convert|346|km2|0|abbr=out}} and borders the city of Matola northeast and east, the districts of Marracuene to the north; Boane in the east and Matutuíne at the south all of which are part of Maputo Province. The city is {{convert|120|km|0|abbr=in}} from the South African border at Ressano Garcia and {{convert|80|km|0|abbr=in}} from the border with Eswatini near the town of Namaacha.

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Maputo features a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen climate classification, having enough precipitation to prevent it from being classified as a hot semi-arid climate (BSh). Maputo is a relatively dry city, averaging {{convert|829.6|mm|1|abbr=off}} of precipitation per year. Precipitation is abundant during summer and sparse during winter. The city has a relatively warm climate averaging a mean temperature of {{convert|22.8|C}}. The hottest month is January with a mean temperature of {{convert|26.8|C}}, while the coolest month is July with a mean temperature of {{convert|18.8|C}}.

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|Jan record high C = 43.6

|Feb record high C = 40.7

|Mar record high C = 39.1

|Apr record high C = 38.1

|May record high C = 39.2

|Jun record high C = 35.7

|Jul record high C = 35.8

|Aug record high C = 38.9

|Sep record high C = 41.1

|Oct record high C = 42.0

|Nov record high C = 41.4

|Dec record high C = 44.2

|Jan record low C = 17.2

|Feb record low C = 18.1

|Mar record low C = 15.9

|Apr record low C = 11.4

|May record low C = 8.0

|Jun record low C = 6.7

|Jul record low C = 7.9

|Aug record low C = 8.9

|Sep record low C = 11.2

|Oct record low C = 12.2

|Nov record low C = 13.5

|Dec record low C = 16.5

|Jan high C = 30.8

|Feb high C = 31.4

|Mar high C = 30.8

|Apr high C = 29.7

|May high C = 28.2

|Jun high C = 26.5

|Jul high C = 26.1

|Aug high C = 26.7

|Sep high C = 28.3

|Oct high C = 27.8

|Nov high C = 28.9

|Dec high C = 30.7

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|Jan mean C = 26.6

|Feb mean C = 26.8

|Mar mean C = 26.1

|Apr mean C = 23.9

|May mean C = 21.9

|Jun mean C = 20.0

|Jul mean C = 19.7

|Aug mean C = 20.4

|Sep mean C = 22.2

|Oct mean C = 23.1

|Nov mean C = 24.3

|Dec mean C = 25.9

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|Jan low C = 22.3

|Feb low C = 22.9

|Mar low C = 21.2

|Apr low C = 19.2

|May low C = 16.8

|Jun low C = 14.9

|Jul low C = 14.1

|Aug low C = 14.9

|Sep low C = 17.3

|Oct low C = 18.4

|Nov low C = 19.9

|Dec low C = 21.5

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|Jan precipitation mm = 171.1

|Feb precipitation mm = 130.5

|Mar precipitation mm = 125.6

|Apr precipitation mm = 59.5

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|Jul precipitation mm = 19.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 15.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 44.4

|Oct precipitation mm = 59.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 81.7

|Dec precipitation mm = 85.0

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|Feb precipitation days = 7.6

|Mar precipitation days = 7.0

|Apr precipitation days = 4.4

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|Jul precipitation days = 1.8

|Aug precipitation days = 2.2

|Sep precipitation days = 3.2

|Oct precipitation days = 5.5

|Nov precipitation days = 7.9

|Dec precipitation days = 7.5

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|Feb humidity = 76

|Mar humidity = 77

|Apr humidity = 76

|May humidity = 74

|Jun humidity = 73

|Jul humidity = 72

|Aug humidity = 71

|Sep humidity = 73

|Oct humidity = 75

|Nov humidity = 75

|Dec humidity = 74

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|Feb sun = 210

|Mar sun = 225

|Apr sun = 229

|May sun = 253

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|Jul sun = 256

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|Sep sun = 228

|Oct sun = 210

|Nov sun = 198

|Dec sun = 220

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A 2019 paper published in PLOS One estimated that under Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5, a "moderate" scenario of climate change where global warming reaches ~{{convert|2.5-3|C-change|F-change}} by 2100, the climate of Maputo in the year 2050 would most closely resemble the current climate of Goiânia in Brazil. The annual temperature would increase by {{convert|1.8|C-change|F-change}}, and the temperature of the warmest month by {{convert|1.5|C-change|F-change}}, while the temperature of the coldest month would increase by {{convert|0.3|C-change|F-change}}.{{cite journal |last1=Bastin |first1=Jean-Francois |last2=Clark |first2=Emily |last3=Elliott |first3=Thomas |last4=Hart |first4=Simon |last5=van den Hoogen |first5=Johan |last6=Hordijk |first6=Iris |last7=Ma |first7=Haozhi |last8=Majumder |first8=Sabiha |last9=Manoli |first9=Gabriele |last10=Maschler |first10=Julia |last11=Mo |first11=Lidong |last12=Routh |first12=Devin |last13=Yu |first13=Kailiang |last14=Zohner |first14=Constantin M. |last15=Thomas W. |first15=Crowther |title=Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues |journal=PLOS ONE |date=10 July 2019 |volume=14 |issue=7 |at=S2 Table. Summary statistics of the global analysis of city analogues. |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0217592 |pmid=31291249 |pmc=6619606 |bibcode=2019PLoSO..1417592B |doi-access=free }}{{cite web |url=https://crowtherlab.pageflow.io/cities-of-the-future-visualizing-climate-change-to-inspire-action |title=Cities of the future: visualizing climate change to inspire action |at=Current vs. future cities |access-date=8 January 2023}} According to Climate Action Tracker, the current warming trajectory appears consistent with {{convert|2.7|C-change|F-change}}, which closely matches RCP 4.5.{{cite web |url=https://climateactiontracker.org/global/cat-thermometer/ |title=The CAT Thermometer |access-date=8 January 2023}}

Moreover, Maputo is particularly vulnerable to impacts such as cyclones and flooding caused by sea level rise. Poverty and inequality, which are concentrated in the overpopulated bairros, further exacerbate climate change vulnerabilities in the city.[http://cdkn.org/resource/urban-planning-mozambique/ A local vision of climate adaptation: Participatory urban planning in Mozambique], Vanesa Castán Broto, Emily Boyd, Jonathan Ensor, Domingos Augusto Macucule and Charlotte Allen, the Climate & Development Knowledge Network, 2014 According to the 2022 IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, Maputo is one of 12 major African cities (Abidjan, Alexandria, Algiers, Cape Town, Casablanca, Dakar, Dar es Salaam, Durban, Lagos, Lomé, Luanda and Maputo) which would be the most severely affected by future sea level rise. It estimates that they would collectively sustain cumulative damages of US$65 billion under RCP 4.5 and US$86.5 billion for the high-emission scenario RCP 8.5 by the year 2050. Additionally, RCP 8.5 combined with the hypothetical impact from marine ice sheet instability at high levels of warming would involve up to US$137.5 billion in damages, while the additional accounting for the "low-probability, high-damage events" may increase aggregate risks to US$187 billion for the "moderate" RCP4.5, US$206 billion for RCP8.5 and US$397 billion under the high-end ice sheet instability scenario.Trisos, C.H., I.O. Adelekan, E. Totin, A. Ayanlade, J. Efitre, A. Gemeda, K. Kalaba, C. Lennard, C. Masao, Y. Mgaya, G. Ngaruiya, D. Olago, N.P. Simpson, and S. Zakieldeen 2022: [https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGII_Chapter09.pdf Chapter 9: Africa]. In [https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/ Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability] [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke,V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 2043–2121 Since sea level rise would continue for about 10,000 years under every scenario of climate change, future costs of sea level rise would only increase, especially without adaptation measures.{{cite book |url=https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Full_Report.pdf |title=Technical Summary. In: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |date=August 2021 |publisher=IPCC |page=TS14 |access-date=12 November 2021}}

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The city is divided into seven main administrative divisions. Each of these consists of several smaller city quarters or bairros.

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The central area of Maputo is a planned city with square blocks and wide avenues, with Portuguese traces and their typical architecture of the 1970s. After the Carnation Revolution (1974) military coup in Lisbon, Portuguese refugees fled in massive numbers close to the date of independence (1975), and the resultant lack of skills and capital, in the context of a fierce civil war and government mismanagement, contributed to its state of dereliction in the years following these events.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Recovery of the older infrastructure has been slow and most property developers in recent years{{which|date=May 2023}} have decided to invest in the construction of new properties rather than rehabilitating any of the existing ones. The rates for property in the city are high as investment increases, larger numbers of businesses are hoping to locate within easy reach of the airports, banks and other facilities.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Maputo faces many challenges, such as poor transport and drainage infrastructure, which have profound implications on people's livelihoods, particularly in informal settlements. Inadequate planning regulation and law enforcement, as well as perceived corruption in government processes, lack of communication across government departments and lack of concern or government coordination with respect to building codes are major impediments to progressing the development of Maputo's infrastructure, according to the Climate & Development Knowledge Network.[http://cdkn.org/future-climate-africa/ Future Climate for Africa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415220758/http://cdkn.org/future-climate-africa/ |date=2015-04-15 }}. Climate & Development Knowledge Network, accessed 2015-04-16

As a coastal city, Maputo is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of sea level rise, and population growth is putting increasing pressure on the coastal areas.[http://cdkn.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/FCFA_PolicyBrief_Accra-Maputo_WEB1.pdf Using climate information to achieve long-term development objectives in coastal Ghana and Mozambique]. Climate & Development Knowledge Network, accessed 2015-04-16

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In 2007, the municipality of Maputo began a project to seriously consider rehabilitating the city's infrastructure. PROMAPUTO was a project that began as co-operation between the local city council and the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank. The first phase (PROMAPUTO1) took place between 2007 and 2010 and was chiefly concerned with developing the systems, knowledge and planning required to support the gradual overhaul of the infrastructure. The project was broken into several key areas and a budget allocated to each of these, namely: Institutional Development, Financial Sustainability, Urban Planning, Urban Infrastructure Investment and Maintenance, Metropolitan Development (services such as waste collection and disposal). The total financial allocation for this phase was US$30 million. Little was done, however.

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In 2011, PROMAPUTO2, the second phase of the project began. This phase was to last until 2015 and a total of US$105 million was spent. The plan called for an IT systems, Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) together with Geographic Information System (GIS). These systems would supposedly help the municipality control its budgets and manage tenders, while the GIS would allow for precise information about land location and titling to be kept. Several roads should have been expanded and improved and the Avenida Julius Nyerere finally completed. Financial sustainability for the project was to be guaranteed through the improved collection of property tax (IPRA). The project also coincided with the recent overhaul of the Road Safety and Traffic Regulations (final completion 2020) which was an antiquated system that had not seen changes since the 1950s. Amongst the new regulations, heavy penalties and fines would now apply to many detrimental actions done by automobiles, such as pollution, loud noises, and illegal maneuvers.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

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In spite of its previous instability, Mozambique is experiencing one of the fastest growth rates for a developing country in the world."Mozambique: From Post-Conflict Recovery to High Growth" (July 2009) The World Bank [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/IDA-Mozambique.pdf] The projected growth rate for 2011 is expected to be around 7.5%, some of it centered on the construction of several capital intensive projects in Maputo. Some of the more notable developments include Edificio 24, a mixed-use development that will be located at the center of the city along Avenida 24 Julho and Avenida Salvador Allende. The Maputo Business Tower is a modern 19-story building.{{Cite web|url=http://mbtmaputo.com/about-mbt.php|title=Maputo Business Tower|website=mbtmaputo.com}} The Radisson Blu corporation has constructed a 22-story hotel with 256 rooms in one of the city's trendiest spots on the marginal along the beach. A 15-story building for the second largest telecommunication company in the country, Vodacom, was projected to be completed in 2010. The regeneration of the Maputo waterfront is an urban regeneration project that is being developed at site of the former annual industrial fair grounds (FACIM).{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

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In February 2011, president Armando Guebuza announced that the Vila Algarve would be restored to its former condition and the building transformed into a museum for the veterans of the civil war. The Vila Algarve belonged to the International and State Defence Police (PIDE) during colonial rule. It was where political prisoners and others accused of conspiring to harm the regime were taken for interrogation and torture. There are claims that several individuals were executed in the building. No dates have been released on when the renovation is to commence. The building has changed ownership several times and has been an off-on residence for squatters.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Maputo hosted the 2011 All-Africa Games. The main stadium Estádio do Zimpeto was built in Zimpeto for the Games that also hosted the football and athletics competitions. The Zimpeto Olympic Pool for swimming was also built for these Games. Other venues in Zimpeto for the Games were the Pavilhão do Zimpeto for basketball and Courts do Zimpeto for tennis.{{in lang|pt}} [http://allafricagamesmaputo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=154:video-shows-somali-pirates-pursued&catid=84:informacao-geral&Itemid=201 Local Arrangements (Venues)]

Maputo has a number of stadiums designed for football, which can be modified for other purposes, such as the new Estádio do Zimpeto, Estádio do Maxaquene and the Estádio do Costa do Sol which can seat 32,000, 15,000 and 10,000 people respectively. The largest stadium in the Metropolitan Area is, however, the Estádio da Machava (opened as Estádio Salazar), located in neighbouring Matola municipality. It opened in 1968, in Machava and was at the time the most advanced in the country conforming to standards set by FIFA and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The cycling track could be adjusted to allow for 20,000 more seats.{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/emoitas/3765484514/|title=Estádio Salazar 1968|date=28 July 2009 |access-date=1 October 2017}} It was the site where Portugal officially handed over the country to Samora Machel and FRELIMO on 25 June 1975.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYFB7lyVk2U| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/vYFB7lyVk2U| archive-date=2021-11-07 | url-status=live|title=INDEPENDÊNCIA DE MOÇAMBIQUE|last=ALBERTINO SILVA|date=13 April 2008|access-date=1 October 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} In 2005, the Birmingham based reggae group UB40 held a one-night-only concert in the stadium filled to maximum capacity. A newer stadium called the Estádio do Zimpeto which is located in the suburb of Zimpeto will be opened in 2011.{{update after|2011|12|31}} The stadium will be built in time for the 2011 All-Africa Games with a capacity for 42,000 spectators. A smaller football stadium, Estádio Mahafil, holds 4,000 people.

Beginning in the 1950s, motorsport was introduced to the city. At first race cars would compete in areas around the city, Polana and along the marginal but as funding and interest increased, a dedicated race track was built in the Costa Do Sol area along and behind the marginal with the ocean to the east with a length of {{convert|1.5|km|1|abbr=on}}. The initial surface of the new track, named Autódromo de Lourenço Marques did not provide enough grip and a crash in the late 1960s killed eight people and injured many more. Therefore, in 1970, the track was renovated and the surface changed to meet the safety requirements that were needed at large events with many spectators. The length then increased to {{convert|3909|km|0|abbr=on}}. The city became host to several international and local events beginning with the inauguration on 26 November 1970.[http://autosport.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=stories&op=view&fokey=as.stories/64170 "Autódromo Lourenço Marques" (8 January 2009) AutoSport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005064411/http://autosport.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=stories&op=view&fokey=as.stories%2F64170 |date=5 October 2011 }} The track was abandoned after 1975 and events only occurred sporadically such as in 1981 when the government allowed the sport again. Since 2000, interest has been rekindled by the Automovel & Touring Club de Moçambique (ATCM) and several events including go-carting, drag racing and motocross are planned.

The city's main basketball arena is the Pavilhão do Maxaquene which holds up to 3,500 people. It is home to Ferroviário de Maputo which competes in the Basketball Africa League and the Mozambican Basketball League.

The street names were changed after independence in 1975. Close ties with the Eastern Bloc highly influenced the new names that were chosen as did removal of names referring to colonial era figures.

Maputo International Airport is the main international airport of Mozambique. An international terminal was opened in 2010 with a capacity for 900,000 passengers per year; a domestic terminal was completed in 2012.{{Cite news |last=Afp |date=2011-04-16 |title=Mozambique builds $102 million airport |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/mozambique-builds-102-million-airport-2269050.html |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220706142215/http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/mozambique-builds-102-million-airport-2269050.html |archive-date=2022-07-06 |access-date=2025-01-26 |work=The Independent |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2016-02-05 |title=Breakdown in Maputo airport air conditioning due to last one week - AIM |url=https://clubofmozambique.com/news/breakdown-in-maputo-airport-air-conditioning-due-to-last-one-week-aim/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306233033/https://clubofmozambique.com/news/breakdown-in-maputo-airport-air-conditioning-due-to-last-one-week-aim/ |archive-date=2020-03-06 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Mozambique |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2012-06-25 |title=Maputo Airport domestic terminal to open in October |url=https://www.tourismupdate.co.za/article/maputo-airport-domestic-terminal-open-october?page=79 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126211051/https://www.tourismupdate.co.za/article/maputo-airport-domestic-terminal-open-october |archive-date=2025-01-26 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Southern & East African Tourism Update |language=en}}

Maputo's transportation needs are mainly served by minibus taxis called chapas, which support a majority of non-walking trips.{{Cite book |last=JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY |title=Comprehensive Urban Transport Master Plan for the Greater Maputo: Final Report Executive Summary |date=March 2014 |publisher=JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY }}{{Cite journal |last=Klopp |first=Jacqueline M. |last2=Cavoli |first2=Clemence |date=2019-09-03 |title=Mapping minibuses in Maputo and Nairobi: engaging paratransit in transportation planning in African cities |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01441647.2019.1598513 |journal=Transport Reviews |volume=39 |issue=5 |pages=657–676 |doi=10.1080/01441647.2019.1598513 |issn=0144-1647}} In an effort to resolve a public transport crisis in the city, the state-owned company, Transporte de Moçambique (TPM) has recently acquired a new fleet of 270+ buses. There are three major bus terminals in the city: at Baixa (downtown/central), Museu (Museum), and at Junta (regional and national buses).{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

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Ferry boats departing from Maputo to the district of KaTembe are available during the week. A ferry can carry approximately 20 vehicles per trip.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

The city of Maputo lies at the end of three railway lines: Goba railway, Limpopo railway and Pretoria–Maputo railway.[https://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.4+Mozambique+Railway+Assessment Mozambique Logistics Infrastructure: Mozambique Railway Assessment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802142842/https://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.4+Mozambique+Railway+Assessment |date=2021-08-02 }}. Atlassian Confluence. 10 de dezembro de 2018.

Maputo was home to one of the first electric tramway systems in Africa, commencing in February 1904.{{Cite web|url=http://ehgarde.planetaclix.pt/mocambique/eletricos/tramlm.htm|title=Tramways Eléctricos de Lourenço Marques|website=ehgarde.planetaclix.pt|access-date=2010-12-19|archive-date=2020-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803212305/http://ehgarde.planetaclix.pt/mocambique/eletricos/tramlm.htm|url-status=dead}} At first the lines ran from the Central Railway Station (CFM) to the City Municipality building. It is said{{by whom|date=April 2016}} that the establishment of the tram system caused some protests from the general public as certain classes had limited access to its use. Trams lost favor in the second half of the 20th century as cars and buses became more common, and they have not been in use at all since 1936, although parts of some of the tracks can still be seen coming up through the tar in certain streets, like Av. 24 de Julho.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

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The main port of Maputo handled 17 million tons of cargo in 1971, at its peak. It was part of the trio of Mozambique's main ports for the Nacala-Beira-Maputo route. Today, it is managed by the Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC), a joint venture of Grindrod and DP World. The government has allowed the firm to manage the port until 2030 in order to upgrade much of its infrastructure that has been destroyed after years of stagnation. In 2010, the dredging works in the channel were finished and the Port of Maputo can now handle larger vessels – such as the Panamax vessels – with more cargo. In addition, investments are being made for specific types of terminals such as:{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

• Bulk liquids
• Granite
• Metals
• Coal

A new terminal for vehicles is also planned which will allow for 57,000 vehicles to be moved per year (Phase 1) with a peak 250,000 under an agreement with Höegh Autoliners as a potential trans-shipment route between the Middle East and Europe. Coal will also be exported from the Matola side at a rate of 10 million tons per year. It is envisaged that by 2020, the port will generate about US$160 million per year. By 2030, the port will be able to handle up to 25 trains a day and 1,500 trucks for a total of 50 million tons of cargo per year. The total investment will exceed US$500 million.{{cite web |title=Port Canaveral |url=https://www.portcanaveral.com/Cruise/Cruise-Terminal-3 |access-date=4 June 2024}}{{cite web |title=Terminal 3 Frankfurt |url=https://terminal3.frankfurt-airport.com/en/ |access-date=4 June 2024}}{{cite web |title=Maritine Executive |url=https://maritime-executive.com/ |access-date=4 June 2024}}

A recent introduction is three-wheelers commonly known as tuk-tuks in some Asian countries. The three-wheeled bikes, called "tchopelas" by the population, are cheaper to own and run and have posed a commercial threat to conventional taxis.{{cite web |title=Earthbound report about three-wheelers |url=https://earthbound.report/2019/03/12/the-role-of-three-wheelers-in-sustainable-urban-transport/ |access-date=4 June 2024}}{{cite web |title=Ventures Africa |url=https://venturesafrica.com/the-evolution-of-kenyas-tuk-tuk-in-pictures/ |access-date=4 June 2024}}

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Maputo had always been the center of attention during its formative years and this strong artistic spirit was responsible for attracting some of the world's most forward architects at the turn of the 20th century. The city is home to masterpieces of building work by Pancho Guedes, Herbert Baker and Thomas Honney, amongst others. The earliest architectural efforts around the city focused on classical European designs such as the Central Train Station (CFM) designed by architects Alfredo Augusto Lisboa de Lima, Mario Veiga and Ferreira da Costa and built between 1913 and 1916 (sometimes mistaken with the work of Gustav Eiffel),Morais, João Sousa. Maputo, Património da Estrutura e Forma Urbana, Topologia do Lugar. Livros Horizonte, 2001, p. 110.(in Portuguese) and the Hotel Polana designed by Herbert Baker.

As the 1960s and 1970s approached, Maputo was yet again at the center of a new wave of architectural influences made most popular by Pancho Guedes. The designs of the 1960s and 1970s were characterized by modernist and brutalist movements of clean, straight and functional structures. However, prominent architects such as Pancho Guedes fused this with local art schemes giving the city's buildings a unique Mozambican theme. As a result, most of the properties erected during the second construction boom take on these styling cues.Abdel, Hana (9 July 2021). Retrieved 24 December 2023.

https://www.archdaily.com/964247/pancho-guedes-1925-2015-sculpting-a-new-africa

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In recent years{{when|date=May 2023}}, the influx of capital into the real estate sector from local and international investors has resulted in the demolition of many historically significant buildings. Single homes along Av. Julius Nyerere, Av. 24 de Julho and Av. Mao Tse Tung have been torn down and high rise residential apartments built in their place. The difficulty in legally expanding the city coupled with a limited heritage building protection framework have been the main impediments. The local government, the City Council of Maputo has been unable to bring order to the situation. {{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

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Additionally, many acacia trees that once lined the footpaths and gave the city its distinct identity have also been removed for unclear reasons. The process gains momentum usually in the winter months between June and August under the guise of pruning overgrown trees. Without proper supervision the pruning work is excessive and destructive leading to the eventual loss of the tree.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

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Maputo is a melting pot of several cultures. The Bantu and Portuguese cultures dominate, but the influence of Arab, Indian, and Chinese cultures is also felt.

Before television was introduced in 1981, film and cinema had a prominent position as a form of entertainment in the lives of Mozambicans especially in Maputo where there were at least a dozen movie theaters by the time of independence.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} In the 1950s and 1960s, at the height of racial segregation, most of the movie-goers were either European whites or South Asians – each group having their own designated locale. Black Mozambicans, although more heavily discriminated against, also enjoyed movies in makeshift theatres, often in rooms temporarily converted to handle a projector, screen and chairs.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

For much of the late 1970s and 1980s, the local film industry was geared towards creating "home-made" productions depicting Socialist ideologies which placed great influence on the family unit, the non-commercialized production of agriculture and political autonomy. Maputo has been the setting for many Hollywood blockbuster movies such as The Interpreter, Blood Diamond and Ali.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

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An important cultural and artists' centre in Maputo is the Associação Núcleo de Arte. It is the oldest collective of artists in Mozambique. Seated in an old villa in the centre of Maputo the Núcleo has played a significant role in metropolitan cultural life for decades. The two best known and most influential contemporary Mozambican artists started their career at Núcleo de Arte, the painter Malangatana Ngwenya and the sculptor Alberto Chissano. Over one hundred painters, sculptors and ceramists are members of the Núcleo, which regularly stages exhibitions on its own premises and over the last few years has actively participated in exchanges with artists from abroad. The Núcleo became well known for their project transforming arms into tools and objects of art. It played an important role for reconciliation after the Mozambican Civil War. The exhibition of art objects such as the Chair of the African King and the Tree of Life was shown around the world, among others in the British Museum in 2006.{{cite web|last=Spring|first=Chris|title=Farewell to Arms|url=http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2170276|work=Times Educational Supplement|publisher=TSL Education Ltd.|access-date=29 September 2010|display-authors=etal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610162346/http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2170276|archive-date=2011-06-10|url-status=dead}}

Maputo is home to the Dockanema Documentary Film Festival, and international festival showcasing documentary films from around the world.

Mozambique's capital is famous for making special small sculptures called "pshikelekedanas" from soft wood using a penknife. These sculptures often depict important animals in Mozambique, like hippos, etc...{{Cite web |title=Maputo - My Tours Company |url=https://mytours.company/en/maputo/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |language=en-US}}

During its five centuries of Portuguese colonialization, the city has gained several examples of Portuguese architecture. Most of the noteworthy buildings are former colonial administrative buildings or current government buildings.

The city's notable landmarks include:

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• Fortress of Maputo
• Maputo Railway Station
• Independence Square
• Maputo City Hall
• Samora Machel Statue
• The Museum of Natural History
• Vila Algarve – former location of Portuguese Secret Police (PIDE)
• Tunduru Gardens

Among the places of worship, they are predominantly Christian churches and temples : Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maputo (Catholic Church), Reformed Church in Mozambique (World Communion of Reformed Churches), Igreja Presbiteriana de Moçambique (World Communion of Reformed Churches), Convenção Baptista de Moçambique (Baptist World Alliance), Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, Assemblies of God, Zion Christian Church.J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, ‘‘Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices’’, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 1985 There are also Muslim mosques.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

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The city does not yet have a very expansive list of parks and other recreational areas. However, at the center of the city lies the Jardim Tunduru (Tunduru Gardens) which was formerly called the Vasco Da Gama Garden. It was designed in the 1880s by a British architect, Thomas Honney. The entrance of the park is designed in the Neo-Manueline style. After independence, the name was changed to the current one and a statue of the country's first president was erected.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Maputo offers several options for education with pre-schools, primary, secondary schools and higher education institutions. The quality of the syllabus is said to differ greatly depending on whether an institution is private or public.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Mozambique's largest higher education institution is the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane which was established in 1968 as the Universidade de Lourenço Marques. Most of the universities faculties and departments are located in the city of Maputo with nearly 8,000 students attending 10 faculties. Some faculties also exist in Beira, Quelimane, Nampula and Inhambane.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Since the 1990s there has also been a rapid growth of private education houses offering higher education such as Instituto Superior de Ciências e Tecnologias de Moçambique (ISCTEM), Instituto Superior de Tecnologias e Gestão (ISTEG) and Instituto Superior de Transportes e Comunicações (ISUTC).

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Maputo's notable private schools include:

• Escola Portuguesa de Moçambique
• American International School of Mozambique
• The Aga Khan Academy, Maputo{{cite web|url=http://www.agakhanacademies.org/maputo|title=Welcome to the Aga Khan Academy, Maputo - Aga Khan Academies|website=www.agakhanacademies.org|access-date=1 October 2017}}{{third-party inline|date=March 2023}}

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Maputo has several hospitals and clinics, including the city and country's largest hospital, the Hospital Central de Maputo. Other hospitals include the public Hospital Geral José Macamo, and the private Clinica Sommerschield, the Clínica Cruz Azul in baixa and Hospital Privado located across the Portuguese School.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

The construction of Hospital Miguel Bombarda began in 1900. In 1976, Samora Machel renamed the hospital as Hospital Central de Maputo (HCM). The hospital has 1500 beds for in-patients and has an estimated staff number of 3000. It is made of a multi-block structure with 35 separate buildings spanning an area of 163,800 m². The hospital has six departments: Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Orthopedics, Gynaecology and Obstetrics. It also has divisions for Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and a morgue. The hospital provides services for an average 700 out-patients a day and over {{convert|1000|kg|0|abbr=on}} of washing is done daily. In the early 1990s, a section of the hospital was divided and turned into a private clinic offering higher quality services for those who could afford it called the Clínica Especial de Maputo.{{Cite web|url=http://www.misau.gov.mz/pt/provincias/cidade_de_maputo/hospital_central_de_maputo|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122000800/http://www.misau.gov.mz/pt/provincias/cidade_de_maputo/hospital_central_de_maputo|url-status=dead|title=HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE MAPUTO (2011) Ministry of Health, Mozambique|archivedate=January 22, 2011}} The residence for the head of medicine is on the corner of Avenida Eduardo Mondlane and Avenida Salavador Allende. It is a historically valuable structure which was completed in 1908 and has since the 1990s been converted into a charming restaurant with colonial themes called Restaurante 1908. The upper floors are still used by the hospital as offices.

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• Al Bowlly, singer
• Carlos Cardoso, journalist
• Alberto Chissano, sculptor
• Moreira Chonguica, musician, composer, social activist
• Gilles Cistac, constitutional lawyer
• Mia Couto, writer
• José Craveirinha, poet
• Eusébio, footballer
• Ruth First, South African anti-apartheid activist
• Pancho Guedes, architect
• Teresa Heinz, philanthropist and political figure, widow of John Heinz and wife of American political figure John Kerry
• Josina Z. Machel, women's rights activist
• Lucas Macie, painter
• Malangatana, artist
• Henning Mankell, author, dramatist
• Mariza, fado singer
• Mexer, footballer
• Maria Mutola, runner
• Neyma, singer
• Lucrécia Paco, actress
• Alexandre Quintanilha, scientist
• Ricardo Rangel, photojournalist
• Nelson Saúte, writer and professor
• Laylizzy, hip-hop recording artist, songwriter and performer

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Maputo is twinned with:

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• {{flagicon|ETH}} Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• {{flagicon|TUR}} Ankara, Turkey{{cite web|title=Ankaranın Kardeş Şehirleri|url=https://www.ankara.bel.tr/genel-sekreter/genel-sekreter-yardimcisi-faruk-cinki/dis-liskiler-daire-baskanligi/ankaranin-kardes-sehirleri/|publisher=Ankara|language=tr|access-date=2020-07-01|archive-date=2020-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025172312/https://www.ankara.bel.tr/genel-sekreter/genel-sekreter-yardimcisi-faruk-cinki/dis-liskiler-daire-baskanligi/ankaranin-kardes-sehirleri/|url-status=dead}}
• {{flagicon|GNB}} Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
• {{flagicon|RSA}} Cape Town, South Africa{{cite web |title=Things You Might Not Know About Cape Town|url=https://www.xtraspace.co.za/blog/articles/things-you-might-not-know-about-cape-town|website=xtraspace.co.za|date=13 September 2016 |publisher=XtraSpace|access-date=2020-07-01}}
• {{flagicon|USA}} Charles County, United States{{cite web |title=Mozambique sister city agreement seen as trade boost|url=http://www.meetcharlescounty.com/index.php?src=documents&srctype=download&refno=53|publisher=Charles County|date=2019-10-08|access-date=2020-07-01}}
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Chengdu, China{{cite web |title=Maputo (Mozambique)|url=https://www.gochengdu.cn/news/our-sister-cities/sister-cities-of-chengdu/maputo-mozambique-a8400.html?xcSID=qknjcerv65ckfpcmb0861ihef5|publisher=Go Chengdu|access-date=2020-07-01}}
• {{flagicon|IND}} Chennai, India
• {{flagicon|TLS}} Dili, East Timor
• {{flagicon|RSA}} Durban, South Africa{{cite web|title=Sister Cities|url=http://www.durban.gov.za/City_Services/IGR/sistercities/Pages/default.aspx|publisher=eThekwini Municipality|access-date=2020-07-01|archive-date=2019-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911215331/http://www.durban.gov.za/City_Services/IGR/sistercities/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=dead}}
• {{flagicon|BRA}} Guarulhos, Brazil{{cite web |title=Cooperação Internacional|url=https://www.guarulhos.sp.gov.br/index.php/cooperacao-internacional|publisher=Guarulhos|language=pt|access-date=2020-07-01}}
• {{flagicon|ZWE}} Harare, Zimbabwe
• {{flagicon|INA}} Jakarta, Indonesia
• {{flagicon|NGR}} Lagos, Nigeria
• {{flagicon|POR}} Lisbon, Portugal{{cite web|title=Acordos de geminação|url=https://www.lisboa.pt/municipio/relacoes-internacionais/acordos-de-geminacao|publisher=Lisboa|language=pt|access-date=2020-07-01|archive-date=2020-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203073427/https://www.lisboa.pt/municipio/relacoes-internacionais/acordos-de-geminacao|url-status=dead}}
• {{flagicon|ANG}} Luanda, Angola
• {{flagicon|SWZ}} Mbabane, Eswatini
• {{flagicon|MUS}} Port Louis, Mauritius{{cite web |title=International Links|url=http://www.mccpl.mu/ct_int.html|publisher=Port Louis|access-date=2020-07-01}}
• {{flagicon|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro, Brazil{{cite web |title=Lei Nº 5919 DE 17/07/2015|url=https://www.legisweb.com.br/legislacao/?id=287203|website=legisweb.com.br|publisher=Legisweb|language=pt|date=2017-05-19|access-date=2020-07-01}}
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Shanghai, China

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Maputo also has a cooperation agreement with:{{cite web |title=Direcció de Relacions Internacionals|url=http://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/relacionsinternacionalsicooperacio/ca/barcelona-en-el-mon|website=ajuntament.barcelona.cat|publisher=Barcelona|language=ca|access-date=2020-08-02}}

• {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona, Spain

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