Matola

Matola is the largest suburb of the capital, , adjacent to its westernmost side. It is the nation's most populated city. Matola is the capital of and has had its own elected municipal government since 1998.
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  • Type: City with 675,000 residents
  • Description: city in Mozambique
  • Also known as: Cidade da Matola

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maputo.

is the capital city of . Buildings range from old colonial palaces to new high-rise constructions, but the dominant architecture consists of Stalinist-looking concrete-walled boxes, generally with badly eroded paint and rusty security bars.

Matola

Latitude
-25.9669° or 25° 58′ 1″ south
Longitude
32.467° or 32° 28′ 1″ east
Population
675,000
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MZ MAT
Open location code
5G6J2FM8+6Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27564983
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1039854
Wiki­data ID
Q109949
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Matola” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Matola
  • Arabic: ماتولا
  • Armenian: Մատոլա
  • Asturian: Matola
  • Basque: Matola
  • Bengali: মাতোলা
  • Bosnian: Matola
  • Bulgarian: Матола
  • Catalan: Matola
  • Cebuano: Concelho de Matola
  • Chinese: 馬托拉
  • Chinese: 马托拉
  • Croatian: Matola
  • Czech: Matola
  • Danish: Matola
  • Dutch: Matola
  • Egyptian Arabic: ماتولا
  • Esperanto: Matola
  • Estonian: Matola
  • Finnish: Matola
  • French: Matola
  • Georgian: მატოლა
  • German: Matola
  • Greek: Μάτολα
  • Gujarati: મેટોલા
  • Hebrew: מטולה
  • Hindi: मटोला
  • Indonesian: Matola
  • Irish: Matola
  • Italian: Matola
  • Japanese: マトラ
  • Kannada: ಮತೋಲ
  • Korean: 마톨라
  • Latvian: Matola
  • Lithuanian: Matola
  • Malagasy: Matola
  • Malay: Matola
  • Maori: Matola
  • Marathi: मॅटोला
  • Northern Frisian: Matola
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Matola
  • Norwegian: Matola
  • Occitan (post 1500): Matola
  • Persian: ماتولا، موزامبیک
  • Polish: Matola
  • Portuguese: Matola
  • Portuguese: Vila Salazar
  • Romanian: Matola
  • Russian: Матола
  • Scots: Matola
  • Sinhala: මැටෝලා
  • Slovak: Matola
  • Slovenian: Matola
  • Spanish: Matola
  • Swahili: Matola, Maputo
  • Swahili: Matola
  • Swati: Matola
  • Swedish: Matola
  • Tamil: மடோலா
  • Telugu: మటోల
  • Thai: มาโทลา
  • Turkish: Matola
  • Ukrainian: Матола
  • Urdu: ماتولا
  • Uzbek: Matola
  • Venetian: Matola
  • Vietnamese: Matola
  • Waray (Philippines): Matola
  • Zulu: Matola

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