Maputo (English spelling)

Japanese: マプト（英語表記）Maputo

The capital of Mozambique. Formerly called Lourenço Marques. A port city located in southern Mozambique, facing Maputo Bay in the Indian Ocean. In 1544, Portuguese merchant Lourenço Marques explored the city, and in 1787 a Portuguese fortress was built there. In 1907, it became the capital of Portuguese East Africa, and in 1976 it was renamed Maputo. The port is the largest on the east coast of Africa, and was once used as an import/export port for gold from South Africa, Eswatini, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and other countries. It was also popular as a resort town due to its good climate, but after Mozambique's independence in 1975, relations with neighboring countries deteriorated, and the port and tourism industries were hit hard. Brewing, shipbuilding, cement, canning, textiles, and other industries are thriving, and the city and port have been expanded repeatedly as commerce and industry developed, becoming a modern city. It has an international airport, a university, a natural history museum, a cathedral, and a public hall. Population: 1,122,000 (2009).

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Japanese:

モザンビークの首都。旧称ローレンソマルケス Lourenço Marques。港湾都市。モザンビーク南部，インド洋のマプト湾に臨む。1544年ポルトガル商人のローレンソ・マルケスが探検，1787年ポルトガルの要塞が築かれ，1907年ポルトガル領東アフリカの首都となり発展，1976年マプトと改称。港はアフリカ東海岸最大規模で，かつては南アフリカ共和国の金やエスワティニ，ローデシア（現ジンバブエ）などの輸出入港としても利用された。また，気候が良好なため保養地としても人気を集めたが，1975年のモザンビーク独立後に近隣諸国との関係が悪化したため，港湾や観光関連の産業は打撃を受けた。醸造，造船，セメント，缶詰，織物などの工業が盛んで，商工業の発展に伴い市街地や港は再三拡張され，近代都市となった。国際空港，大学，自然史博物館，聖堂，公会堂などがある。人口 112万200（2009）。

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