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Maputo (Mozambique)

LC control no.n 78060679
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingMaputo (Mozambique)
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Geographic subdivision usageMozambique--Maputo
Variant(s)Kapfumo (Mozambique)
Can Phumo (Mozambique)
Mabutu (Mozambique)
Maputo, Mozambique
See alsoLourenço Marques (Mozambique)
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Beginning date1976-02
Associated countryMozambique
Found inThe Americana annual, 1977 (xx-ref.) p. 352 (under Mozambique: The capital city, Lourenço Marques, was renamed Maputo in Feb. 1976)
BGN (Maputo, ppl 25°58ʹS 32°34ʹE; variants: Lourenço Marques, Kapfumo, Can Phumo, Mabutu)
Phone call to Geog. & Map Div., 7/27/78 (Maputo, capital, in District of Lourenço Marques; another Maputo in District of Moçambique)
U.S. Off. of Geog. Mozambique, 1969 (Lourenço Marques)
Wikipedia, September 12, 2015 (Maputo, known as Lourenço Marques before independence, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique; ; 25°58ʹS 32°35ʹE)
Britannica online, September 12, 2015 (Maputo, formerly (until 1976) Lourenço Marques, port city and capital of Mozambique)
   <http://www.britannica.com/place/Maputo>
Geographic area codef-mz---