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Maputo

Maputo is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within 120 kilometres of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. Wikipedia

Population 1,133,200 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Mozambique

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Mozambique

Getting there

Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Mercado Janet

    No hours mapped

    660 m from the centre

  • Mercado de Artesanato, florese gastronomia de Maputo

    No hours mapped

    780 m from the centre

  • Mercado Museu

    No hours mapped

    1.1 km from the centre

  • Mercado do Povo

    No hours mapped

    1.5 km from the centre

  • Mercado Estrela Vermelha

    No hours mapped

    1.9 km from the centre

  • Mercado Central

    No hours mapped

    2.0 km from the centre

  • Mercado Municipal da Mafalala

    Fundado em 25 de Maio de 1977

    No hours mapped

    2.2 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 12 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Maputo Central Railway Station 2.5 km, Cabine "B" 4.2 km, Estação de Gare de Mercadorias 4.5 km

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