List of changed place names in Mozambique after 1975
A large number of the original Portuguese place names ( exonymic colonial oikonyms ) in the former Portuguese colony of Mozambique were given new names after its independence in 1975, in the course of decolonization efforts .
Without claiming to be exhaustive, the most important renaming are listed below, sorted by provinces.
| Colonial name | today's name | province |
|---|---|---|
| Vila Porto Amélia | Pemba | Cabo Delgado |
| Vila Alferes Chamusca | Caniçado (Guijá) | Gaza |
| Aldeia da Madragoa | Chilembene | Gaza |
| Vila Gomes da Costa | Alto Changane | Gaza |
| Vila Pinto Teixeira | Mabalane | Gaza |
| João Belo | Xai-Xai | Gaza |
| Vila Trigo de Morais | Chókwè | Gaza |
| Malvernia | Chicualacuala (officially Vila Eduardo Mondlane) | Gaza |
| Vila Gouveia | Catandica | Manica |
| Vila Pery | Chimoio | Manica |
| Lourenço Marques | Maputo | Maputo (city) |
| Vila Salazar | Matola | Maputo (province) |
| Vila Antonio Enes | Angoche | Nampula |
| Fernão Veloso | Nacala | Nampula |
| Augusto Cardoso | Metangula | Niassa |
| Belém | Mitande | Niassa |
| Vila Cabral | Lichinga | Niassa |
| Valadim | Mavago | Niassa |
| Miranda | Macalogues | Niassa |
| Vila de Novo Freixo | Cuamba | Niassa |
| Oliveça | Lupilichi | Niassa |
| Nova Lusitânia | Búzi | Sofala |
| Vila Fontes | Caia | Sofala |
| Vila Machado | Nhamatanda | Sofala |
| Vila Paiva de Andrada | Vila Gorongosa | Sofala |
| Vila Vasco da Gama | Chiputo | Tete |
| Vila Coutinho | Ulongué | Tete |
| Vila Santiago Maior | Tete | Tete |
| Vila Caldas Xavier | Kambulatsitsi | Tete |
| Vila Junqueiro | Gurué | Zambezia |
literature
- Jorge Luís P. Fernandes: República [Popular] de Moçambique. As Alterações Toponímicas e os Carimbos do Correio. Edições Húmus, Vilarinho Das Cambas 2006 ( ISBN 978-972-99937-6-3 ) ( PDF available on SCRIBD )