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	Maputo Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"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.
		The bay is the northern termination of the series of lagoons which line the coast from Saint Lucia Bay.
		The 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maputo_Bay (726 words)

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		Maputo Bay Maputo Bay, formerly Delagoa Baydĕland180;egō´e, 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 economy is dominated by the modern port, on Maputo Bay; coal, cotton, sugar, chrome, ore, sisal, copra, and hardwood are the ch...
	www.encyclopedia.com /search.asp?target=@DOCTITLE+Maputo (109 words)

	AllRefer.com - Maputo Bay (Oceans And Continents) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
		The first Westerner to visit (1502) the bay was AntOnio do Campo, one of Vasco da Gama's captains; the area was explored in 1544 by LourenCo Marques, the Portuguese trader.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MaputoB.html (301 words)

	Maputo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Maputo is a planned city with square blocks and wide avenues.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maputo (431 words)

	Bonn Conference 1999 - Conference Series
		Maputo is also the economic center of the country, and its geographical location plays an important role for the inland countries that use Maputo Harbor to export their products.
		Maputo is currently preparing a bid to open concessions for private companies to handle waste collection and sanitation and to pursue partnerships between the public and private sectors.
		Maputo is in the beginning stages of this process, but the Municipal Government envisions this as a window of opportunity that can substantially enhance the population's quality of life.
	www.undp.org /pppue/gln/publications/bonn-new3-4.htm (1033 words)

	Port of Maputo
		The approaches to Maputo have become silted in recent years, which affects the size of ship able to enter the port.
		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.
	www.ports.co.za /maputo.php (454 words)

	Mozambique Travel & Safari, What to see, Maputo... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Maputo overlooks Maputo Bay and the Indian Ocean and consists of wide, acacia lined avenues and has a surprising number of skyscrapers and high-rise flats.
		Inhaca Island is 40 km from Maputo by boat and is considered one of Maputo's major attractions.
		Maputo can be reached from South Africa via the Komatipoort/Ressano Garcia border (120 km from Maputo), or from Swaziland crossing the Namaacha border (80 km from Maputo).
	www.off2africa.com /html/mozambique/what-to-see/maputo.html (691 words)

	Maputo - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Founded in the late 18th century, the city was named Lourenço Marques for the Portuguese trader who first explored the area in 1544.
		In 1907, 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.
	www.free-definition.com /Maputo.html (201 words)

	SOME SATELLITE PHOTOS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Maputo is located on the NW side of Maputo Bay.
		Several rivers empty into Maputo Bay, some of them big enough to be seen in the photo.
		Between Macaneta and Maputo, Xefina Island in the mouth of Incomáti River is seen (used to be a military prison in colonial times).
	www.uem.mz /faculdade/ciencias/geologia/eventos/aereas.htm (316 words)

	AllRefer.com - Maputo (Mozambique Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		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)

	Images of Mozambique / Imagens de Moçambique - 2 - Maputo - Travel-Images.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Maputo: the Virgin on Mao Zedong avenue - Portuguese tiles
		Maputo: monument to the European and African soldiers in WWI
		Maputo: Gungunhana, king of Gaza is defeated by Mouzinho da Silveira at Chaimite (inside the fort)
	geo.ya.com /travelimages/mozambique2.html (202 words)

	Travel in Maputo Mozambique Culture
		Maputo is divided into a lower or business city and an upper or residential city.
		Namaacha is at the border to Swaziland, 80 km west from Maputo and at an altitude of 600m.
		Maputo is a city of wide, acacia lined avenues and tall buildings overlooking Maputo Bay and the Indian Ocean.
	www.africatravelling.net /mozambique/maputo/maputo_culture.htm (880 words)

	Publication - Strategic Action Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The largest population of dugong along the East African coast occurs in the Bazaruto Bay and a smaller population is found in the Inhambane and Maputo Bays.
		Agricultural chemicals and fertilisers are widely used in the intensive farms in Incomati, Umbeluzi and Maputo Rivers valleys, particularly in the sugarcane plantations in the Umbeluzi River valley in Swaziland.
		In Maputo, large factories such as the TEXLOM textile factory, the FAPACAR paper factory, the MACMAHON brewery and the MABOR tyre factory, discharge their waste into the Infulene river that enters the Maputo Bay.
	www.unep.org /eaf/Docs/SAPEaf5/mozambiq.htm (3168 words)

	New Upsurge of Cholera in Maputo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Maputo -- The cholera epidemic in Maputo, that had been described as declining during the past week, has undergone a fresh upsurge, claiming another life on Monday, reports Tuesday's issue of the daily paper "Noticias".
		Maputo city chief doctor Nidia Remane blames this increase on the high temperatures over the weekend, that forced people to drink a lot of liquid, and some of the water consumed was not properly treated.
		She said that the city health sector is to meet this Tuesday to assess the work of the inspection teams in the markets and define the need or otherwise of added prevention measures and strategies.
	www.queensu.ca /msp/pages/In_The_News/2004/February/6.htm (392 words)

	LATE WEICHSELIAN TO HOLOCENE EVOLUTION OF THE MAPUTO BAY, MOZAMBIQUE
		The reconstruction of palaeo-shorelines in the Maputo Bay, and the climate around the Maputo Bay is based on bathymetric maps.
		The Maputo Bay is only formed around 8000 — 9000 years BP (when the sea level was 10 to 12 m below the present, and it was a long lasting still stand sea level.
		Tidal inlet and its associated ebb delta were separating the island from the peninsula in the south and were connecting the lagoon into the sea.
	gsa.confex.com /gsa/inqu/finalprogram/abstract_54400.htm (508 words)

	Avian Demography Unit: Inhaca Island 2003
		Maputo city centre juts into Maputo Bay, viewed here from the plane before landing.
		Inhaca Island lies across the bay, 35 km from Maputo, near to where the sun is rising.
		Maputo Bay is very shallow and the ferry stopped some distance from the island.
	web.uct.ac.za /depts/stats/adu/safring/inhaca2003.htm (1309 words)

	Maputo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Reserve is situated some 70 km south of Maputo along the southern shore of the Bay of Maputo.
		The rivers flow south to north from the northern Kwa-Zulu/Natal in South Africa to the Bay of Maputo.
		The Rio Maputo is fairly silty but flows freely throughout the year and occasionally floods flat plains as it approaches the bay.
	website.lineone.net /~s.ward/MIN/98Aug/Maputo.html (2463 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Image:delagoa_bay.jpg thumb300pxMaputo Bay from space, January 1990 '''Maputo Bay''' (Baia de Maputo), formerly '''Delagoa Bay''' (Port.
		Ironically, "Delagoa Bay" has 10x the Google hits of "Maputo Bay", even though the latter is now the official name.
		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Maputo Bay.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Maputo_Bay.html (757 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Maputo
		Maputo's vibrant nightlife lets people forget it is the capital of one of the world's poorest countries...
		MAPUTO, 2 Feb 2005 (IRIN) - Armando Guebuza was sworn in as Mozambique's new president on Wednesday, in an inauguration generally seen as ushering in a fresh, reformist agenda for the country...
		MAPUTO, Jan. 31 (Xinhuanet) -- Eduardo Joaquim Mulembwe was reelected as president of the new parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, in the capital Maputo on Monday.
	worldcities.surfwax.com /files/Maputo_Mozambique.html (5008 words)

	Catchment2Coast - Work Package
		The Expected outcome of the work package is that resource economic model for the shrimp industry of Maputo Bay is developed and is ready to be integrated with the multi-year biophysical model.
		Task 1: Quantify the economic contribution of the shrimp industry in Maputo Bay, including the supply of shrimps: required for all objectives.
		The supply and demand of shrimps in the Maputo Bay area will be analyzed over time, and predictors or driving forces will be established.
	web.uct.ac.za /org/catchment2coast/wp.php?proj=7 (499 words)

	World Angler and Charles Norman Safaris market Bazaruto Lodge and Indigo Bay on Bazaruto island, about 400 km north of ...
		Indigo Bay is situated on the western side of the island of Bazaruto, across the mainland from Vilanculos (600 kms north of Maputo).
		Flights to Indigo Bay are with Metavia Airlines, who fly to and from the island twice a week (Tue and Fri) so it is possible to do a short trip of four nights or a seven night trip.
		The resort is set on a sheltered bay, in dense milkwood coastal dune forest between a sand ridge and the ocean; the forest and the high ground behind the resort offer shelter from any wind.
	www.worldangler.com /_charlesnormans/packages/fishmoz.htm (2793 words)

	Geoff's Travel Scrapbook - Travel Report from Mozambique
		The tower of the church is a landmark all around the town and the bay, although it looked like no-one had got around to restoring the clock faces yet, which had all stopped showing different times.
		The tide was flowing into the bay, the sandbanks had been submerged by the incoming tide and the wind, even though it had dropped since the sun set, was still blowing gently from the north.
		It was dark when we arrived in Maputo, stopping in the suburbs to drop off passengers and our cargo of two-dozen goats that had been tied to the roof.
	www.geoffstravelscrapbook.co.uk /main/reports/2002/moz5.htm (4595 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)

	Mozambique (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The UNESCO Communication and Education Sectors, and the UNESCO Dakar, Maputo, Nairobi and Pretoria Offices jointly organized a workshop on ‘Education and Communication for Sustainable Coastal Development’ as part of the ‘Pan-African Conference on Sustainable Integrated Coastal Management (PACSICOM)’ held in Maputo in July 1998.
		A similar survey was conducted in Maputo Bay (April-June 2000) to identify habitats under threat and the controlling processes and parameters that need to be monitored.
		A consultant meeting was held in Sodwana Bay, South Africa in September 2000 to complement the Maputo Bay field study and another study in Kwa-zulu Natal.
	www.unesco.org /csi/act/other/mozambiq.htm (705 words)

	AIM Reports
		The CNCC has denied claims that the waters of Maputo Bay are contaminated with cholera.
		The virulence of this strain of cholera is such that Maputo Central Hospital is using 13 litres of serum for each cholera patient.
		The Mozambican and German governments signed an agreement in Maputo on 24 November, under which Germany is to grant 35 million marks (about $20 million) to support the structural adjustment programme under way in Mozambique for the past ten years.
	www.poptel.org.uk /mozambique-news/newsletter/aim123.html (2835 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Maputo is located in a bay that has been formed by three river estuaries.
		The third is the Maputo River that flows in from the south.
		The main water supply for Maputo is from the Pequenos Limbombos dam on the Umbeluzi River.
	www.up.ac.za /academic/libarts/polsci/awiru/gallery/0053.html (306 words)

	Maputo Bay. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		), 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.
		The first Westerner to visit (1502) the bay was António do Campo, one of Vasco da Gama’s captains; the area was explored in 1544 by Lourenço Marques, the Portuguese trader.
		In 1787, Portugal built a fort there, around which the town of Lourenço Marques (Maputo) grew.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/MaputoB.html (229 words)

	Maputo hotels, Maputo bed and breakfast, Maputo guest houses, Maputo accommodation, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Hotel VIP Maputo is located in Maputo’s bay in one of the most prestigious avenues of commerce, the Avenida 25 de Setembro.
		RoomsThe Hotel VIP Maputo has 204 modern rooms, from which 12 are suites and 2 are prepared to receive handicaps.
		RestaurantThe restaurant can provide a distinct variety of food, that is according to the highest international standards, in order to please all tastes like the Oriental, the European, the American and of course the African.
	www.hotel-listings-europe.com /maputo_hotels_1353.html (192 words)

	Maputo travel guide — Maputo tourism and travel information
		You can also browse and buy directly Maputo city guide and Mozambique travel guide books, Maputo maps and Mozambique maps and atlases.
		We are happy to offer cheap airline tickets Maputo, cheap flights Maputo, also available cheap airline tickets to Mozambique and to the whole world.
		City Travel Guide comes with Maputo real estate guide with several tips on home valuation, realtors comparison, secrets on finding the "right" home, loans guide and other helpful real estate advices.
	www.city-travel-guide.co.uk /travel-guide/maputo-travel-guide.html (680 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.com /tours/scenery/maputos_polana.html (482 words)

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