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Maputo Maputo, formerly known as Lourenco Marques, after a portuguese explorer who landed here in 1544, is the capital of Mozambique and located all the way in th south of the country. The city is easily reached from Swaziland and South Africa. The city was founded in the 18-th century but not much from that period remains today. The biggest historic attraction in town in the Portuguese fortress, built in 1787. A more recent landmark is the Mousinho de Albuquerque Square in the centre of town.
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