Maputo River

The Maputo River, also called Great Usutu River, Lusutfu River, or Suthu River, is a river in , , and . The name Suthu refers to Basotho people who lived near the source of the river, but were attacked and displaced by the Swazis.
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  • Stream
  • Description: river in South Africa, Eswatini, and Mozambique
  • Also known as
    “Great Usutu River”
    “Lusutfu River”
    “Maputa”
    “Maputa River”
    “Rio Suto”
    “Rio Usutu”
    “Suthu River”
    “Umtuli River”
    “Usutu River”

Maputo River

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Latitude
-26.17917° or 26° 10′ 45″ south
Longitude
32.70056° or 32° 42′ 2″ east
Open location code
5G5JRPC2+86
Geo­Names ID
945829
Wiki­data ID
Q2452912

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Maputo River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Maputorivier”
  • Arabic: “نهر مابوتو”
  • Armenian: “Մապուտո գետ”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Maputo”
  • Basque: “Maputo (ibaia)”
  • Basque: “Maputo”
  • Bulgarian: “Лусутфу”
  • Catalan: “Lusuftu”
  • Catalan: “Riu Maputo”
  • Catalan: “Usutu”
  • Cebuano: “Lusutfu”
  • Chinese: “馬普托河”
  • Chinese: “马普托河”
  • Croatian: “Maputo (rijeka)”
  • Croatian: “Maputo”
  • Finnish: “Maputo”
  • French: “Maputo”
  • Fulah: “Maayo Maputo”
  • Ga: “Maputo River”
  • Georgian: “მაპუტუ”
  • German: “Maputo”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Great Usutu River”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Lusutfu River”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Maputo River”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Suthu River”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Usutu River”
  • Hausa: “Kogin Maputo”
  • Hindi: “मापुटो नदी”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Maputo”
  • Italian: “Maputo”
  • Japanese: “ウスツ川”
  • Japanese: “マプト川”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Uruzi rwa Maputo”
  • Korean: “마푸토강”
  • Lithuanian: “Maputu (upė)”
  • Lithuanian: “Maputu”
  • Luxembourgish: “Maputo”
  • Mingrelian: “მაპუტუ”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lusutfu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Maputo Struum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Maputo”
  • Polish: “Great Usutu”
  • Polish: “Lusutfu”
  • Polish: “Maputo”
  • Polish: “Suthu”
  • Polish: “Usutu”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Maputo”
  • Russian: “Мапуту”
  • Serbian: “Велики Усуту”
  • Serbian: “Лусутфу”
  • Serbian: “Мапуто (река)”
  • Serbian: “Мапуто”
  • Serbian: “Мапуту”
  • Somali: “Webiga Maputo”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ماپوتو چایی”
  • Spanish: “Rio Maputo”
  • Spanish: “Río Maputo”
  • Spanish: “Rio Pongola”
  • Swahili: “Mto Maputo”
  • Swati: “Umfula wase Maputo”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Usutu Nehri”
  • Turkish: “Lusutfu Nehri”
  • Turkish: “Maputo Irmağı”
  • Turkish: “Maputo Nehri”
  • Turkish: “Suthu Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Мапуту”
  • Welsh: “Afon Maputo”

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