Maxixe

Maxixe is the largest city and economic capital of the province of , Mozambique. It is situated on the Indian Ocean at 23°52′S 35°23′E just south of the Tropic of Capricorn, in a bay opposite historic Inhambane City which can be reached by local ferries.
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  • Type: City with 109,000 residents
  • Description: city in Mozambique
  • Also known as: Maxixe, Mozambique

Places of Interest

Highlights include Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição.

Church
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inhambane.

is a sleepy historic town of 80,000 people some 485 km north of Maputo. It has some great colonial architecture and is considered by many to be one of the prettiest towns in Mozambique.

Maxixe

Latitude
-23.8616° or 23° 51′ 42″ south
Longitude
35.3489° or 35° 20′ 56″ east
Population
109,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MZ MAX
Open location code
5G8Q48QX+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 335106276
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1039536
Wiki­data ID
Q525118
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Maxixe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ماكسيكسي
  • Asturian: Maxixe
  • Bengali: ম্যাসিসে-মোজাম্বিক
  • Catalan: Maxixe
  • Cebuano: Maxixe
  • Chinese: 馬希謝
  • Croatian: Maxixe
  • Danish: Maxixe
  • Dutch: Maxixe, Mozambique
  • Dutch: Maxixe
  • Egyptian Arabic: ماكسيكسى
  • Esperanto: Maxixe
  • Finnish: Maxixe, Mosambik
  • Finnish: Maxixe
  • French: Maxixe
  • Georgian: მაშიშე
  • German: Maxixe
  • Greek: Μαξίξε
  • Gujarati: મેક્સિક્સ, મોઝામ્બિક
  • Gujarati: મેક્સિક્સ
  • Hindi: मैक्सिक्स
  • Indonesian: Maxixe, Mozambik
  • Indonesian: Maxixe
  • Irish: Maxixe
  • Italian: Maxixe
  • Japanese: マシーシェ
  • Kannada: ಮ್ಯಾಕ್ಸಿಕ್ಸ್, ಮೊಜಾಂಬಿಕ್
  • Kannada: ಮ್ಯಾಕ್ಸಿಕ್ಸ್
  • Korean: 마시스
  • Latvian: Mašiše
  • Lithuanian: Mašišė
  • Malagasy: Maxixe
  • Malay: Maxixe, Mozambique
  • Malay: Maxixe
  • Marathi: मॅक्सिएक्स, मोझांबिक
  • Marathi: मॅक्सिएक्स
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Maxixe
  • Norwegian: Maxixe
  • Persian: ماکسی، موزامبیک
  • Polish: Maxixe
  • Portuguese: Maxixe
  • Pushto: ماکسي
  • Romanian: Maxixe, Mozambic
  • Romanian: Maxixe
  • Russian: Машише
  • Silesian: Maxixe
  • Sinhala: මැක්සික්සේ , මොසැම්බික්
  • Sinhala: මැක්සික්සේ
  • Spanish: Maxixe
  • Swedish: Maxixe
  • Tamil: மாக்ஸி மொசாம்பிக்
  • Telugu: మ్యాక్సిక్సే
  • Thai: มาซีเซ่, โมซัมบิค
  • Thai: มาซีเซ่
  • Turkish: Maxixe, Mozambik
  • Turkish: Maxixe
  • Ukrainian: Машіше
  • Urdu: مازیزی ، موزامبیقوی
  • Venetian: Maxixe
  • Vietnamese: Maxixe, Mozambique
  • Vietnamese: Maxixe
  • Zulu: Maxixe

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