Maputo

Maputo, kent as Lourenço Marques afore unthirldom, is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Mozambique. It is kent as the Ceety o Acacias in reference tae acacia trees commonly foond alang its avenues an the Pearl o the Indie Ocean. It wis famous for the inscription "This is Portugal" on the walkwey o its municipal biggin. The day it is a port ceety on the Indie Ocean, wi its economy centred aroond the harbour. Accordin tae the 2007 census, the population is 1,766,184.  Cotton, succar, chromite, sisal, copra, an haurdwid are the chief exports. The ceety manufacturs cement, pottery, furniture, shoes, an rubber. The ceety is surroondit bi Maputo Province, but is admeenistered as its awn province.

Sister ceeties
 Brasília, Brazil
 Cape Town, Sooth Africae
 Lagos, Nigerie
 Lisbon, Portugal
 Luanda, Angolae
 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 Shanghai, Cheenae

References

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Photos an Map o Maputo 

Category:Caipitals in Africae
Category:Populatit coastal places in Mozambique
Category:Populatit places in Mozambique
Category:Provinces o Mozambique
Category:Provincial caipitals in Mozambique
Category:Populatit places established in 1876
Category:Maputo
Category:Port ceeties in Africae
Category:Ports an herbours o the Indie Ocean