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	AllRefer.com - Maputo (Mozambique Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The economy is dominated by the modern port, on Maputo Bay; coal, cotton, sugar, chrome, ore, sisal, copra, and hardwood are the chief exports.
		Maputo is linked by rail with South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe and by an all-weather road with Johannesburg, South Africa.
		Maputo's economy suffered as Mozambique broke ties with South Africa in the 1970s and 80s.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Maputo.html (332 words)

	Maputo - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The city is surrounded by Maputo Province, but is administered as its own province.
		Maputo is located on the west side of Maputo Bay, at the mouth of the Tembe River.
		The Maputo River empties into the southern end of the bay.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /maputo.htm (451 words)

	Maputo - AfricanCities.net
		The port of Maputo is the largest in Mozambique and is ideally situated, being the closest port to the industrial heartland of South Africa.
		Maputo bay was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Antonio de Campo, one of Vasco da Gamas companions, in 1502, and the Portuguese post of Lourenco Marques (now Maputo) was established not long after on the north side of the English river.
		Maputo Bay, formerly known as Delagoa Bay ("bay of the lagoon") is an inlet of the Indian Ocean on the coast of Mozambique, between 25 40 and 26 20 S., with a length from north to south of over 70 m.
	www.maputo.net /php/port.php (1091 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Maputo: an African 'success story' but 80 per cent still live in slums
		The biggest city, Maputo, began the 20th century as Lourenco Marques, an outpost of the Portuguese empire with a population of just 6,000, but swelled to 400,000 by the 1960s as a playground of bordellos and bars for South Africans.
		He has watched the culture of Maputo change dramatically: "I am happy that we were able to create stability, democratic conditions, and that people can openly criticise the government and that there are a lot of different newspapers in Maputo, which is not so common everywhere in the world," he says.
		Maputo's mayor is Eneas Comiche, a charismatic war veteran with a Mandelaesque shirt and a reputation for integrity not shared by all of his political colleagues.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,1403501,00.html (1708 words)

	SOME IMAGES OF MAPUTO
		Maputo, the capital of the Republic of Mozambique, is located in the southernmost tip of the Country.
		Maputo is a modern city, located at the northern rim of the Spiritu Sanctu Estuary (or Delagoa Bay).
		Maputo population is mainly Black (95,1%), the remaining 4.9% consisting of Mixed (2.9%), Indians and Pakistani (0,8%), Whites (0,7%) and others (0,6%).
	www.uem.mz /faculdade/ciencias/geologia/eventos/foto_mpm.htm (238 words)

	Port of Maputo
		Maputo has road and rail connections with Swaziland and KwaZulu Natal (to the south west), Mpumalanga and Gauteng Provinces to the west, and Zimbabwe to the northwest.
		Maputo has the potential to be one of South Africa's major ports - a role it once played with regard to exports from neighbouring South Africa.
		Maputo has a small dry dock capable of accepting ships up to 115m length and 17m wide, with normal ship repair facilities.
	www.ports.co.za /maputo.php (454 words)

	Maputo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Maputo's protected deepwater harbor serves as Mozambique's main port and as an important outlet for the landlocked countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
		Maputo lends itself to casual exploration on foot, with several interesting colonial buildings and a buzzing street life.
		Maputo was founded in the late 18th century in a region visited (1544) by the Portuguese trader Louren?o Marques for whom it was named until the present name was adopted in 1976.
	www.2747.com /2747/world/city/maputo.htm (275 words)

	Maputo - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Founded in the late 18th century, the city was named Lourenço Marques for the Portuguese trader who first explored the area in 1544.
		In 1898, Lourenço Marques became the capital of Mozambique.
		The University of Mozambique is in the city, which also has a museum of Mozambique history, a military museum, and the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Maputo (298 words)

	Maputo
		Maputo, formerly named Lourenço Marques, is the capital of Mozambique.
		It is possible to catch the ferry across to the other side and then to drive for 8 km along a sandy/muddy road to the beach.
		The Maputo Reserve is famous for its elephant herds.
	www.places.co.za /html/maputo.html (581 words)

	MAPUTO DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR
		Maputo Port: Rehabilitation of the of the fishing port
		As a result no maintenance was carried out in the Port of Maputo for 3 years and thus sand banks formed in the access channels limiting their depths to 7 metres as opposed to 9,4 metres when they were originally built.
		Maputo Port has one container terminal, one sugar terminal, one steel terminal, five general cargo berths, two coal terminals, one coastal terminal, a fishing harbour, an oil terminal and a new grain terminal.
	www.transport.gov.za /library/docs/corridm1.html (3062 words)

	Architect Africa Online : The African Rationalists - Part.1 (Settler Architecture)
		Maputo was never of much interest to the Portuguese Crown other than as a watering hole for the ships doing the Route to India and the East.
		Let's look at how Maputo was built and see how it proves beyond all doubt that Africa is fully able and capable of constructing its own buildings without using "foreign-owned" concepts or materials - if it is appropriate, desirable and economically feasible, it is possible.
		The two tallest modern buildings on the picture on the right (Maputo - Old City Centre) are just a small sample of what my bloodline built over that period - hundreds of buildings over a 100 year span; homes, offices, factories, hospitals, schools, civil works, water plants, refineries, port installations, dams, bridges.
	www.architectafrica.com /bin0/news20021015.html (1878 words)

	Peri-urban agriculture in Maputo, Mozambique
		The introduction was devised to frame the issues in discussion, based on recent Mozambican History and on available statistical data, followed by the description of the paths that have been taken by two institutions, in order to cope with poverty, even tough their philosophies are radically different, although complementary.
		Peri-urban agriculture, on the contrary, is an economical and environmentally sustainable and increasingly important occupation in Maputo.
		In a country with a very weak industrial sector and ruined or inexistent transportation systems, the development of the agricultural use of the urban and peri-urban land can be a solution not only to enhance food security of the urban poor, but also to ameliorate their self-esteem and hence give them dignity.
	www.cityfarmer.org /mozambique.html (2359 words)

	Maputo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Rio Maputo is fairly silty but flows freely throughout the year and occasionally floods flat plains as it approaches the bay.
		Hall-Martin (1988) suggests that historically the Reserve was the core area for a coastal population of elephants and bulls that ranged south into the area of the Tembe Elephant Reserve in Northern Kwa-Zulu/Natal during the wet season.
		Reports indicate that most of the remaining elephants in the Maputo Elephant Reserve are found in cow/calf units and were recently sighted in two relatively large groups (56 and 91) (Ostrosky 1995).
	website.lineone.net /~s.ward/MIN/98Aug/Maputo.html (2463 words)

	Maputo on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Maputo Port Lease Agreement Still Not Signed: Report.
		Maputo police ban road demonstrations for ACP summit.
		Thabo Mbeki (G) accueillant Joachim Chissano, jeudi, à Maputo Le deuxième sommet des chefs d'Etat et de gouvernement de l'.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Maputo.asp (747 words)

	IOL: Neglected Maputo port eyeing slice of SA pie
		Maputo - Mozambique's rapidly expanding main port has ambitious plans to grab a bigger share of neighbouring South Africa's trade despite poor rail links, border delays and neglect suffered during a long civil war.
		Maputo lies closer to South Africa's commercial heartland than any other port and has already doubled its export throughput to 5,5-million tons since 2003.
		The road to Maputo from Johannesburg is good, but the border is only open between 7am and 6pm to commercial traffic, forcing trucks to wait overnight and making the cost prohibitive.
	www.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=qw1123846930650B252 (789 words)

	Maputo - overcrowded, underfunded (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		MAPUTO, 14 Mar 2005 (IRIN) - Maputo, Mozambique's capital, is bursting at the seams, setting the new city council an enormous challenge providing even basic facilities to long-suffering residents.
		Maputo is "overloaded with people", Helder Ossemane, head of communications at the council told IRIN.
		Before independence in 1975, Maputo was known as Lorenço Marques and was a holiday resort for the region's white elite, who came to stroll down its wide boulevards, sip drinks at fashionable pavement cafes and sun themselves on the Indian Ocean beachfront.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=46085 (1028 words)

	BootsnAll.com - Maputo, Mozambique - March 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Maputo, formerly Lourenço Marques, is a lively African capital, whose many coffee shops, bars and night spots give this city a distinctively Latin feel.
		In fact, Maputo is undergoing a massive face-lift and it is almost impossible to keep up with the changes.
		Maputo is a big party town, and the party usually lasts until the next day.
	www.bootsnall.com /cgi-bin/gt/africatravelguides/mar00maputo.shtml (1523 words)

	The case "Samora Machel" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		They believed that this was the Maputo airport, and the instrument panel of the plane showed that at least one of the navigational dials was set for the correct Maputo frequency.
		Maputo was ahead and to the left of the left of the pilots.
		But the Matsapa and Maputo VORs operate on quite distinct frequencies, and one of the VOR dials among the instruments of the wrecked plane showed, according the SA Bureau of Standards, cited in the factual report, the correct frequency for Maputo- namely 112.7 Mhz.
	www.contrast.org /truth/html/samora_machel.html (3055 words)

	Maputo travel guide
		Maputo, formerly known as Lourenco Marques after a Portuguese explorer who landed here in 1544, is the capital of Mozambique.
		Maputo, like most of the country, was left in shambles.
		Mozambicans love to party and Maputo is a great place to listen to live music, dine on phenomenal fresh prawns in pili-pili sauce or simply wander through an art gallery or two.
	www.world66.com /africa/mozambique/maputo (520 words)

	Maputo - Current News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Maputo - Mozambique have used canoes and helicopters to ferry ballot papers to remote rural districts for Wednesday's election to pick a successor to President...
		Meanwhile, in Magude district, in Maputo province, Renamo is threatening to attack the residence of the district administrator, Jose Tefula.
		He was speaking in Maputo, after laying a wreath in memory of the country's first president, on the 18th anniversary of his death in a plane crash at Mbuzini...
	news.daylightonline.com /2003/Maputo.html (6023 words)

	AllRefer.com - Maputo Bay (Oceans And Continents) - Encyclopedia
		Maputo Bay, formerly Delagoa Bay[del´´ugO´u] Pronunciation Key, inlet of the Indian Ocean, c.55 mi (90 km) long and 20 mi (30 km) wide, S Mozambique, SE Africa; Maputo, the capital and chief port of Mozambique, is on the bay.
		Maputo Bay is a large deepwater harbor, with numerous quays to handle oceangoing vessels; railroads lead into the interior.
		In the mid-1800s, Portugal's claim to the area was challenged by Great Britain and by the Transvaal when it was realized that the bay provided a major access route to the Kimberley diamond mines.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MaputoB.html (301 words)

	Maputo's Polana
		As Lourenco Marques (Maputo's Portuguese colonial name) Maputo was known as "the Paris of Africa", such was its elegance, wealth and reputation for good living.
		Following recent troubles, both of a political and climactic nature, Maputo is now beginning to re-establish itself and is stirring back to life as a significant Southern African metropolis.
		A full day tour of Maputo begins with a visit to the Eiffel-constructed railway station, an architectural masterpiece which once served as one of the principal gateways to Africa.
	www.vjv.co.uk /tours/scenery/maputos_polana.html (482 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Maputo
		Besides playing in Maputo, the Brazilian team is also scheduled to play the African country's other regional teams in Nampula, north of Mozambique on October 4, and in Beira, the capital of the central Sofala province, on October 6...
		Speaking in Maputo on Monday, in a symposium on Food and Nutritional Security, Machel said that, for instance in Uganda, she found people living with HIV/AIDS for 15 years but who, although not having access to drugs, they are leading normal lives, all thanks to good nutritional care.
		Johane Zonjo of the University of Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo said although the incident was cause for concern, it did not reflect the relationship political parties usually shared in the rest of the country.
	worldcities.surfwax.com /files/Maputo_Mozambique.html (5330 words)

	Maputo, Mozambique
		Maputo (previously called Lourenzo Marques) is the sprawling capital of Mozambique with a population of about two million people and a large harbour.
		From Maputo’s fishing harbour, a regular ferry service takes visitors to Inhaca Island to see the fascinating maritime museum, historic lighthouse and to have lunch or overnight at the hotel.
		Other visitors head south into the swamplands of the 236 000 hectare Maputo Elephant Reserve where rolling green hills meet the sea.
	www.go2africa.com /mozambique/maputo/maputo (508 words)

	Car Hire in maputo mozambique from carhire.co.uk
		When looking for a car in maputo make sure that you get a good deal and the vehicle you want, that is why we have built or pre-booking car rental system, that gives you choices of vehicles and great prices, hopefully leaving you more time and moeny to enjoy your holiday in maputo.
		Maputo (previously known as Lourenzo Marques) is the sprawling capital of Mozambique with a population of around 2 million people and a large harbour measuring 50 miles long and 20 miles wide.
		In the early 1900's central authority for the country was transferred from Mozambique Island to Lourenzo Marques and the city quickly became established as the trade and industry centre and as a port to serve the gold fields of South Africa.
	www.carhire.co.uk /car-hire/maputo.html (367 words)

	Articles - Maputo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Maputo is a planned city with square blocks and wide avenues, with Portuguese traces and their typical architecture of the 70s.
		The Maputo beach has been ruined by waste dumped into the bay and by extensive sea farming by Russian warships, so not many people want to spend time on it.
		Nowadays, Maputo is a melting pot of several cultures, with a strong South African influence.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Maputo (617 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Travelgate: Accused's bail suspended
		Avenant alleged Beukes had on three occasions furnished false information about the reasons for her intended trip to Maputo — twice to the court itself during abandoned applications for the relaxation of her bail conditions, and once to the Scorpions.
		Her reason for her intended trip was that she had an invitation to a business meeting scheduled for September 28 with a Maputo hotel proprietor, to discuss a viability study for a client who wished to invest in the hotel.
		Thus at the times she had approached both the court and the Scorpions, she had been aware that the invitation to Maputo was no longer valid.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/353449.htm (475 words)

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