Maputo is the capital of Mozambique and the province of Maputo. The city is located on the Delagoa Bay in the Indian Ocean and has about 1 million inhabitants. Maputo has a modern deep sea port through which coal, cotton, sugar, chromium, sisal, copra (dried core of coconuts) and hardwood leave the country .
In the city itself, cement, pottery products, furniture, shoes and rubber are produced. It also has a large aluminum plant and a petroleum refinery. But there are also magnificent sandy beaches in the bay.
Cruise offers to the port Maputo / Mozambique
Outstanding building is the old Portuguese fort from the year 1787.In Maputo, the Mozambican State University, established in 1962, named after the freedom fighter Eduardo Mondlane, has its headquarters. There is also a museum about the history of the country as well as a military museum. At the theater "Teatro Avenida" the Maputo-based Henning Mankell works as artistic director and occasionally as director.Mankell is also best known in Germany for his detective novels in which his inspector Kurt Wallander resolves crime cases in the Swedish Ystad.
Which cruise lines and ships sail to Maputo?
AIDA Cruises, Azamara Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, Holland America Line, MSC Cruises, Oceania Cruises, Phoenix, PLANTOURS Kreuzfahrten, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Silversea Cruises
In which country / island is Maputo located?