Talk:Maputo

Outdated Information

I have removed several outdated references, such as this one for the 'The 2nd DOCKANEMA festival is scheduled for September 14 - 25, 2007, and will include more than 80 films.' It being May 2009 now I thought it well that this information be removed, until someone with more knowledge can update that section, I have referenced the "Dockanema" website but it is in portuguese and as I am not fluent, I am not able to update this section with the relevant updated information about any upcoming events for 2009.

I will remove it for now, if someone knows of the next event by the collective and finds it warranted to be included in the city page then by all means re-add it.

Celareon (talk)

Demographics

Any stats on the city's demographics aside from its population count and 'notable residents'? Seems like a no-brainer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.174.65.182 (talk) 06:37, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

Reality & Relevance

I have changed several parts of the article so that they are up to date and reflect the enormous changes that are taking place in the city. I have removed, or cut down on the points which represent the city negatively. I feel it is unjust to criticise it in that way, especially considering that much effort is being put into improving the city-life. So please do not alter the article by adding subjective information (sometimes done unconsciously) or elaborating it with a personal essay. I have also lived in Maputo, practically born there and have lived in the 1st world for several years now. Please give credit where its due. Maputo is not Stockholm.

--AP1MZ (February 2011) — Preceding unsigned comment added by AP1MZ (talk • contribs) 03:10, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

NPOV

Terms like "native" and "tribal villages" have associations that are not conducive to NPOV (what's tribal affiliation got to do with building maintenance?). Besides, Maputo was the centre of post-independence government and thus many of the people moving into Maputo were the new governmental and administrative elite (not sure of the exact numbers tho). And "all but destroyed" is putting it a bit strong. I've been visiting Maputo once or twice a year since the mid-90s and most of the pre-independence houses are/were still standing! Pretty run down, and services often cut, but hardly "all but destroyed".

Have rephrased this section in an attempt to make it more NPOV.

--ThirdWorldEye

Being born and raised there, I can say that most of the infrastructure existing today really IS rundown and in need of a revamp. It is sad to see that MozAl (Mozambican Aluminium), a joint South African-Australian venture recently setup near Maputo, accounts for about 2% (last time i checked) of total Mozambican exports. And this is an aluminium refinery(?) with a working force of less than 2000 people (once again, last time I checked, not taking into consideration further expansions they were carrying out). This project was undertaken in Mozambique and not South Africa, where the purified aluminium is then taken for shipping, because it is too polluting. Offer a few bribes to the government and they close both eyes on the environmental effects. Although Mozambique is in bad shape now, it is home, after all, and nothing will change that. There is also a lot of beauty to be found everywhere, its just that who is in charge should make a bigger effort for a better country.

The InTeRLoPeR

Date of establishment

All the languages that were translated directly from English read, as this one did until now, that Maputo (Lourenco Marques) was founded in the "late 18th century"... However, those articles that are independent of this English one, namely the German and French ones, give more specific dates, in the late 19th century. The German article states that it was established (as Lourenco Marques) in 1875, while the French says this happened in 1876. I suspect "late 18th century" was an error that crept from here into several other languages. 70.16.251.230 22:26, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Africans vs. non-Africans in Mozambique

Today as in the past, the unskilled African majority lives in poverty for Western European and North American standards. Furthermore, the tribal/rural African had a totally different way of life linked with the natural environment, mystical traditions and subsistence economy. Licor (talk) 16:19, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, not according to the "Luso-tropicalist" view of the Estado Novo as in force after the 1960s (after the start of the liberation/terrorist wars). All, from Minho to Timor were equally Portuguese so I don't understand why the fantastic economic development of the period left the unskilled majority (why were they left unskilled?) behind. May be black Africans are genetically immune to modernization? Teixant (talk) 21:14, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

It has nothing to do with the genes. Obviously, there was an unskilled white majority in mainland Portugal too. Portugal, from Minho to Timor, was a developing country facing a communist-inspired guerrilla movement. Licor (talk) 02:00, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

This is Portugal

I removed the statement from the lead section that Maputo "was famous for the inscription 'This is Portugal' on the walkway of its municipal building". This statement is unreferenced and hardly belongs to the lead section. Interesting thing is that it was inserted by User:AP1MZ on 19 December 2010 (dif), almost 3 years ago! He inserted this statement without any explanation or discussion and without references. Vanjagenije (talk) 20:27, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Agree!! Teixant (talk) 12:38, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

The statement was added by me in 2010 when I noticed it was no longer there. I have now added the source. It reflects the origins, culture and establishment of the city which is not possible quite so eloquently in any other way. Please be assured that I am not Portuguese, nor do I support or endorse their sordid political activities. I do however think they have contributed greatly to the development of the city and the article now accurately reflects this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AP1MZ (talk • contribs) 11:40, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

I agree that the phrase might have some historical significance and therefore could be placed in the "Portuguese Rule" section, although without the Fondly, or at least mentioning who might look fondly at the sign still today. Teixant (talk) 18:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

I still do not think that the statement is relevant enough for the overall description of the city to be in the heading (it is not a question of source), but somebody else will deal with that. The statement now is neutral enough to be encyclopedic... Teixant (talk) 12:25, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

I moved this statement to the "Portuguese rule" section. The role of the wp:lead section is to "serve as an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important aspects"(see: WP:LEAD). This sentence does not belong to the lead section, as it does not summarize the article (there is nothing about it in the article), nor is it the "most important aspects" of the article. Vanjagenije (talk) 10:53, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Timeline of Maputo

What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 14:55, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

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Bibliography about Maputo, Mozambique (suggestions by Lisandra Franco de Mendonça)

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• BERTI, Maurizio, 2003. “La gestione del patrimonio ambientale: sulla via della conservazione africana- (The management of environmental assets. On the road to African conservation)”, ARKOS: Scienza e restauro dell’architettura, vol. 4, 65-72.
• BERTI, Maurizio; LAGE, Luís, 2004. “Restauri africani: la conservazione della città di Maputo (African restorations. The conservation of the city of Maputo)”, ARKOS: Scienza e restauro dell’architettura, vol. 6, 22-30.
• BERTI, Maurizio; CARRILHO, Júlio, 2005. “Conservazione del Patrimonio storico e ambientale nell’Africa SubSahariana (Preservation of historical and environmental heritage in sub-Saharan Africa)”, ARKOS: Scienza e restauro dell’architettura, vol. 12, 9-12.
• BETHENCOURT, Francisco; CHAUDHURI, Kirti (dir.), 1998-1999. História da Expansão Portuguesa 5 vols. 1.ª ed. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores, 4.º e 5.º vols.
• BRUSCHI, Sandro; LAGE, Luís, 2005. O desenho das cidades: Moçambique até o Século XXI. 1.ª ed. Maputo: Edições FAPF.
• CABAÇO, José Luís, 2007. Moçambique: identidades, colonialismo e libertação [em linha], tese de doutoramento em Antropologia Social. São Paulo: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, Universidade de São Paulo. Disponível em: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8134/tde-05122007-151059/ [consult. 29 fev. 2012].
• CABAÇO, José Luís, 2010a. Moçambique: identidades, colonialismo e libertação. 1.ª ed. Maputo: Marimbique.
• CASTELO, Cláudia, 1999. “O modo Português de estar no mundo”: O luso-tropicalismo e ideologia colonial Portuguesa (1933-1961). Porto: Edições Afrontamento.
• CASTELO, Cláudia, 2005. PASSAGENS PARA A ÁFRICA PORTUGUESA: O POVOAMENTO DE ANGOLA E MOÇAMBIQUE COM NATURAIS DA METRÓPOLE (c. 1920-1974) [policopiado], tese de doutoramento em Ciências Sociais (Sociologia Histórica). Lisboa: Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa. 
• CASTELO, Cláudia, 2007. PASSAGENS PARA ÁFRICA: O POVOAMENTO DE ANGOLA E MOÇAMBIQUE COM NATURAIS DA METRÓPOLE (1920-1974). 1.ª ed. Porto: Edições Afrontamento.
• CLARENCE-SMITH, William Gervase, 1990. O Terceiro Império Português 1825-1975. 1.ª ed. Lisboa: Editorial Teorema. Tradução por Maria João Pinto do original em inglês de 1985 (The third Portuguese empire, Manchester: Manchester University Press).
• COSTA, Alda, 2013. Arte em Moçambique: Entre a construção da nação e o mundo sem fronteiras (1932-2004). 1.ª ed. Lisboa: BABEL.
• “Crónica do Trimestre: Glorificação de Mousinho de Albuquerque”, 1940. Moçambique: Documentário Trimestral, (24), 92-105. Disponível em: http://memoria-africa.ua.pt/Library/ShowImage.aspx?q=/MDT/MDT-N024&p=93 [consult. 2 mar. 2014].
• “Crónica do Trimestre: MONUMENTOS E RELÍQUIAS HISTÓRICAS DE MOÇAMBIQUE” jan.-mar. 1943. Moçambique: Documentário Trimestral [em linha], (33), 143–144. Disponível em:  http://memoria-africa.ua.pt/Library/ShowImage.aspx?q=/MDT/MDT-N033&p=144 [consult. 2 mar. 2014].
• “Crónica do Trimestre: MONUMENTOS E RELÍQUIAS HISTÓRICAS DE MOÇAMBIQUE” abr.-jun. 1943. Moçambique: Documentário Trimestral [em linha], (34), 121–123. Disponível em:  http://memoria-africa.ua.pt/Library/ShowImage.aspx?q=/MDT/MDT-N034&p=122 %5B [consult. 2 mar. 2014].
• FERNANDES, José Manuel, 2010. “Arquitectura e Urbanismo na África Subsaariana: uma leitura”, in MATTOSO, José (dir.), Património de Origem Portuguesa no Mundo. África, Mar Vermelho e Golfo Pérsico. 1.ª ed. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 183‐591.
• FERNANDES, José Manuel (ed.), 2011. África - Arquitectura e Urbanismo de Matriz Portuguesa. 1.ª ed. Casal de Cambra: Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa/ Caleidoscópio.
• FERNANDES, José Manuel; JANEIRO, Maria de Lurdes; NEVES, Olga Iglésias, 2006. Moçambique 1875/1975: Cidades, Território e Arquitecturas. Lisboa: Ed. Autor.
• FERNANDES, José Manuel et al., [s.d.]. “Maputo [Lourenço Marques]: Historical Background and Urbanism”, Heritage of Portuguese Influence/ Património de Influência Portuguesa [em linha]. Disponível em: www.hpip.org [consult. 20 jun. 2012].
• FRY, Peter, jun. 2011. “Pontos de vista sobre a descolonização em Moçambique” [em linha], Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais, (26), 207-211. Disponível em: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-69092011000200012&nrm=iso [consult. 6 jan. 2012].
• HEDGES, David (coord.), 1999. História de Moçambique: Moçambique no auge do colonialismo, 1930-1961. 2.ª ed. Maputo: Livraria Universitária, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, vol. 2, 1.ª ed. 1993.
• ISAACMAN, Allen; ISAACMAN, Barbara, 1983. Mozambique: From Colonialism to Revolution, 1900-1982. 1.ª ed. Boulder, CO (Colorado): Westview Press.
• JENKINS, Paul, 2013. Urbanization, Urbanism, and Urbanity in an African City: Home Spaces and House Cultures. 1.ª ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• JERÓNIMO, Miguel Bandeira, 2010. Livros Brancos, Almas Negras. A “missão civilizadora” do colonialismo português c. 1870-1930. 1.ª ed. Lisboa: Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais (ICS).
• JONG, Ferdinand de; ROWLANDS, Michael (eds.), 2007. RECLAIMING HERITAGE: ALTERNATIVE IMAGINARIES OF MEMORY IN WEST AFRICA. 1.ª ed. Walnut Creek, Left Coast Press (« Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London »).
• LAGE, Luís; CARRILHO, Júlio (coord.), 2010. Inventário do Património Edificado da Cidade de Maputo: Catálogo de Edifícios e Conjuntos Urbanos Propostos para Classificação. 1.ª ed. Maputo: Edições FAPF.
• LOBATO, Alexandre, 1970b. Lourenço Marques, Xilunguíne: biografia da cidade. Lisboa: Agência-Geral do Ultramar. 
• MAGALHÃES, Ana; GONÇALVES, Inês, 2009. Moderno Tropical: A Arquitectura em Angola e Moçambique 1948‐1975. 1.ª ed. Lisboa: Edições tinta‐da‐china.
• MELO, Vanessa de Pacheco, jan.-jun. 2013. “Urbanismo português na cidade de Maputo: passado, presente e futuro”, Urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana [em linha], 5(1), 71-88 Disponível em: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S2175-33692013000100006&script=sci_arttext [consult. 14 jul. 2014].
• MENDES, Maria Clara, 1985. Maputo antes da Independência: Geografia de uma Cidade Colonial. Lisboa: Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (Memórias do Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, (68), 2.ª Série, dissertação de doutoramento em Geografia Humana, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa, 1980).
• MENDES, Maria Clara (coord.), 2008. Urbanismo Colonial: os Planos de Urbanização nas antigas Províncias Ultramarinas, 1934-1974 3 vols. [edição policopiada]. Lisboa: Faculdade de Arquitetura, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa/ Instituto Português para o Desenvolvimento (IPAD).
• MENDONÇA, Lisandra Franco de, 2016a. Conservação da arquitetura e do ambiente urbano modernos: a Baixa de Maputo [Conservation of modern architecture and urban ambiences in a postcolonial context: Baixa of Maputo], PhD dissertation, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome.
• MENDONÇA, Lisandra Franco de, 2016b. “Preserving Modern Architeture in a Post-Colonial Context: Mozambique” in PAšIć, Amir; JUNANEC, Borut; MORO, José Luis (eds.), The Importance of Place: Values and Building Practices in the Historic Urban Landscape. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 225-238.
• MORAIS, João Sousa, 2001. Maputo, património da estrutura e forma urbana, topologia do lugar. 1.ª ed. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte.
• MORAIS, João Sousa; LAGE, Luís; MALHEIRO, Joana Bastos, 2012. Maputo - património arquitectónico. 1.ª ed. Casal de Cambra: Caleidoscópio.
• NEWITT, Malyn, 2012. História de Moçambique. [ed.?] Mem Martins: Publicações Europa-América, 1.ª ed. 1997. Tradução por Lucília Rodrigues e Maria Georgina Segurado do original em inglês de 1995 (History of Mozambique, London: C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.).
•  “O Monumento a Mousinho de Albuquerque em Lourenço Marques: A cerimónia do Lançamento da Primeira Pedra”, out.-dez. 1936. Moçambique: Documentário Trimestral [em linha], (8), 145-154. Disponível em: http://memoria-africa.ua.pt/Library/ShowImage.aspx?q=/MDT/MDT-N008&p=146 [consult. 12 jan. 2015].
• RUFINO, José dos Santos, 1929. Álbuns Fotográficos e Descritivos da Colónia de Moçambique 10 vols. 1.ª ed. Hamburgo: Broschek & Co., vols. 1, 2 e 3.
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• VERHEIJ, Gerbert, 31 de jan. de 2013. “Art and politics in the former ‘Portuguese Colonial Empire’. The monument to Mouzinho de Albuquerque in Lourenço Marques” [em linha], RIHA Journal - Journal of the International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art, (65). Disponível em: http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2013/2013-jan-mar/verheij-mouzinho-monument-marques [consult. 5 mar. 2014].
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Recommendation collected during the ECAS workshop Workshop ECAS Basel 2017 - Literature and sources about African cities and open access. --Iopensa (talk) 12:56, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. A link to these citations has been added to Timeline of Maputo#Bibliography. -- M2545 (talk) 11:56, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Bibliographic suggestions about Lourenço Marques/Maputo by Didier Nativel

• Arquivo. Boletim do Arquivo HistÓrico de Moçambique, « Centenário da cidade de Maputo », 1887-1987, n°2, Octobre 1987, 174 p.
• Guimarães, Opera Omnia, 2013, 526 p.
• J. L. O. Cabaço, Moçambique : Identidades, colonialismo e libertação, São Paulo, Doctorat d’anthropologie, 2007, 465 p.
• D. Cabrita Mateus, Memórias do colonialismo e da guerra, Porto, Edicões Asa, 2006, 669 p.
• M. Cahen (dir.), Bourgs et villes en Afrique lusophone, Paris, L’Harmattan, 1989, 300 p.
• P. Chabal, Vozes moçambicanas. Literatura e nacionalidade, Lisbonne, Vega, 1994, 349 p.
• D. Hedges (dir.), História de Moçambique, vol. 2 : Moçambique no auge do colonialismo, 1930-1961, Livraria Universitária, UEM, Maputo, 1999, 295 p.
• P. Jenkins, Maputo city: The historical roots of under-development and the consequences in urban form, Research paper n°71, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, School of Planning and Housing, 1999, 47 p.
• M-C. Mendes, Maputo antes da indepêndancia. Geografia de uma cidade colonial, Lisbonne, Grafica Imperial, 1985, 526 p.
• B. Lachartre, Enjeux urbains au Mozambique. De Lourenço Marques à Maputo, Paris, Karthala, 2000, 320 p.
• E. Lisboa, Acta Est Fabula. Memórias I. Lourenço Marques (1930-1947), Guimarães, Opera Omnia, 2012, 205 p.
• E. Lisboa, Acta Est Fabula. Memórias III. Lourenço Marques revisited (1955-1976), Guimarães, Opera Omnia, 2013, 526 p.
• D. Nativel, « Mondes sonores et musiciens des quartiers périphériques de Lourenço Marques (1940-1975) » in F. Rajaonah (dir.), Cultures citadines dans l’océan Indien occidental (XVIIIe-XXIe). Pluralisme, échanges, inventivité, Paris, Karthala, 2011, p. 235-255.
• D. Nativel, 2015, « Ségrégation, répressions politiques et culturelles à Lourenço Marques (des années 1940 à 1975) », in , C. Chanson-Jabeur, A. Forest, P. Morlat (dir.), Colonisations et Répressions, XIXe-XXe, Paris, Les Indes Savantes, 2015, p. 429-446.
• D. Nativel, « Les sens de la nuit. Enquête sur des sensorialités urbaines coloniales à Madagascar et au Mozambique, Sociétés politiques comparées, n°38, janv-avr. 2016 (http://www.fasopo.org/sites/default...)
• D. Nativel, 2015, « « Futebolizar a cidade » ? Football, ségrégation et stratégies citadines à Lourenço Marques (Mozambique), années 1940-années 1970 », in Tsingy, n°18, 2015, p. 75-90.
• D. Nativel,« Dissidences culturelles et spatiales de jeunes citadins colonisés au Mozambique (1945-1975) », D. Bois, V. Tisseau (dir.), Jeunes et jeunesses dans l’océan Indien, Cahiers Afrique n°29, 2017, p. 219-246.
• J. Penvenne, Trabalhadores de Lourenço Marques (1870-1974), Maputo, Arquivo Histórico de Moçambique, 1993, 216 p.
• J. Penvenne, African workers and colonial racism. Mozambican strategies and struggles in Lourenço Marques, 1877-1962, Portsmouth, Johannesburg, London, Heinemann, Witwatersrand University Press, James Currey, 1995, 229 p.
• J. Penvenne, «João dos Santos Albasini (1876-1922): The Contradictions of Politics and Identity in Colonial Mozambique», in The Journal of African History, vol. 37, n°3, 1996, p. 419-464.
• J. Penvenne, « « A xikomo xa lomu, iku tira ». Citadines africaines à Lourenço Marques (Mozambique), 1945-1975 », in Le Mouvement Social, 2003/3, no 204, p. 81-92.
• J. Penvenne, « Fotografando Lourenço Marques : a cidade e os seus habitantes de 1960 a 1975 », in Castelo et alii, 2012, p. 173-191.
• A. Pereira de Lima, Lourenço Marques, Lisbonne, Olisipo, Editorial de publicacões turísticas, 1963, 103 p.
• A. Rita-Ferreira, Os Africanos de Lourenço Marques, Memórias do Instituto de Investigação Científica de Moçambique, Lourenço Marques, 1968, 396 p.
• J. Sousa Mourais, Maputo. Património da estrutura e forma urbana. Topologia do lugar, Livros Horizonte, Lisbonne, 2001, 247 p.
• E. Viegas Filipe, «Where are the Mozambican Musicians? » Music, Marrabenta, and National Identity in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, 1950s-1975, Thèse d’Histoire, Université du Minesota, 2012, 334 p.
• J. Vivet, Déplacés de guerre dans la ville. La citadinisation des deslocados à Maputo (Mozambique), Paris, Karthala, 2012, 366 p.
• V. Zamparoni, Entre Narros & Mulungos. Colonialismo e paisagem social em Lourenço Marques, c. 1890-c. 1940, Thèse d’histoire, Université de São Paulo, 1998,  580 p.
• V. Zamparoni, « Gênero e trabalho doméstico numa sociedade colonial : Lourenço Marques, Moçambique, c. 1900-1940 », in Afro-Ásia, n°23, 1999, p. 145-172.

Recommendation collected during the ECAS workshop Workshop ECAS Basel 2017 - Literature and sources about African cities and open access. --Iopensa (talk) 14:14, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. Some citations and a link to here have been added to Timeline of Maputo#Bibliography. -- M2545 (talk) 11:52, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Name in 1975-76

It is presently represented as having been named "Lourenco Marques" right up until it was renamed "Maputo",and the name "Can Phumo" as having been expected but never enacted. However,the 1975 National Geographic Atlas uses "Can Phumo" and the annual supplements issued thereafter all say it was renamed Can Phumo at independence and then renamed Maputo on February 3,1976. Is it definite that Can Phumo was never official,as opposed to being superseded while there were still a lot of Lourenco Marques signs around?12.144.5.2 (talk) 22:17, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

There is a legal document for the change from Lourenço Marques to Maputo (Decreto-Lei nº 10/76, de 13.01.1976:- A Capital de Moçambique passa a designar-se “MAPUTO”, e altera as designações de algumas Cidades e Localidades da República Popular de Moçambique. (BR nº 5, de 13.01.1976) but there is nothing (that I know) about any change from Lourenço Marques to Can Phumo (or KaMpfumo, currently the central district of the city of Maputo). Teixant (talk) 13:20, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Does the law changing the name to Maputo specify that it was until that time named Lourenco Marques?12.144.5.2 (talk) 19:02, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

I do not have the text of the law to correctly answer your question, I might be able to get it later in January. It seems that the name Can Phumo (or similar) was used by many people informally, until Samora Machel chose Maputo for purely political reasons (please see https://delagoabayword.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/as-alteracoes-toponimicas-de-maputo/ in Portuguese). I will come back when I get the text of the law. Teixant (talk) 16:18, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

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Articles on urban districts

Hi, Shevonsilva, nobody is saying that is not important to have articles on the seven urban districts in which the province/municipality of Maputo is divided...my question is where are they? Do you see any other red links (links to articles that do not exist) in the article? Cheers, Teixant (talk) 18:57, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

The demographic history of the population of Maputo is missing

Is there a way to add the history of the population of the city? It's quite rare for an article on a capital city of a sovereign state to omit it. Have they not kept the archives?--Adûnâi (talk) 10:05, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

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