Maputo

Mozambique

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. The city has a population of 1,088,449 distributed over a land area of 347.69 km2. The Maputo metropolitan area includes the neighbouring city of Matola, and has a total population of 2,717,437. Maputo is a port city, with an economy centered on commerce.

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Country: Mozambique
Population: 1,446,000
Latitude: 25.95° S
Longitude: 32.59° E

Which way is Maputo from…

From Paris, Maputo lies at 153° to the south-east, 8,844 km as the crow flies.

Paris	153° south-east	8,844 km
London	151° south-east	9,188 km
New York	101° east	13,198 km
Madrid	146° south-east	8,279 km
Rome	161° south	7,823 km
Montreal	98° east	13,252 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	252° west	2,396 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Two landmarks are enough for Maputo: it lies due south of Kampala, on the same meridian, and due east of Pretoria, 437 km away. From London, aim south-east, at 151°, 9,188 km away. From Montreal, beware of flat maps: 126°, south-east, on the map, against 98°, east, on the compass. And from Saint-Denis, on Réunion, it is west, at 252°.