Southern Africa
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Mocímboa da Praia

Mocímboa da Praia is a port town in northern , lying on the Indian Ocean coast, in . It is used as a border post for travel to and from even though it is 127 km from the border by road.
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  • Type: City with 128,000 residents
  • Description: city
  • Also known as: “Mocimboa da Praia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mocímboa da Praia Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an airport in Mocímboa da Praia, , in the of .

Mocímboa da Praia

Latitude
-11.3439° or 11° 20′ 38″ south
Longitude
40.3577° or 40° 21′ 28″ east
Population
128,000
Open location code
5HW2M945+C3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2282927369
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Wiki­data ID
Q1362117
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Satellite Map

Discover Mocímboa da Praia from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Mocímboa da Praia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “موكيمبوا دا برايا”
  • Asturian: “Mocímboa da Praia”
  • Catalan: “Mocímboa da Praia”
  • Chinese: “滨海莫辛布瓦”
  • Chinese: “濱海莫辛布瓦”
  • Chinese: “莫辛博阿”
  • Dutch: “Mocímboa da Praia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “موكيمبوا دا برايا”
  • French: “Mocímboa da Praia”
  • Georgian: “მოსიმბოა-და-პრაია”
  • German: “Mocimboa da Praia”
  • German: “Mocímboa da Praia”
  • Italian: “Mocímboa da Praia”
  • Japanese: “モシンボア・ダ・プライア”
  • Japanese: “モスィンボア・ダ・プライア”
  • Korean: “모심보아다프라이아”
  • Korean: “모킴보아 다 프라이아”
  • Korean: “모킴보아다프라이아”
  • Mingrelian: “მოსიმბა-და-პრაია”
  • Persian: “موزیبو دا پریا، موزامبیک”
  • Polish: “Mocímboa da Praia”
  • Portuguese: “Mocímboa da Praia”
  • Romanian: “Mocimboa da Praia”
  • Romanian: “Mocímboa da Praia”
  • Romanian: “Moçimboa da Praia”
  • Russian: “Мосимбоа-да-Прая”
  • Spanish: “Mocimboa da Praia”
  • Swahili: “Mocimboa da Praia”
  • Swahili: “Mocímboa da Praia”
  • Ukrainian: “Мосімбоа-да-Прая”
  • Wu Chinese: “濱海莫辛布瓦”
  • Yue Chinese: “莫辛博阿”
  • Zulu: “Mocímboa da Praia”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mocímboa da Praia”. Photo: A Verdade, CC BY 2.0.