Marracuene

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Marracuene is a town in the Maputo province in southern Mozambique , in the north of the capital Maputo . Marracuene is an administrative post ( posto administrativo ) and the capital of the district of the same name .

geography

The small town of Marracuene is located directly on the Incomáti river , which flows a little further south into the Bay of Maputo . Marracuene is about 25 kilometers as the crow flies from the city center of Maputo and about 70 kilometers as the crow flies to the nearest coastal town of Bilene .

In the place (or in the area of ​​the administrative post of the same name) lived on January 1, 2005 about 52,974 people. The surrounding villages of Sede , Michafutene and Nhongonhane are also added to the town of Marracuene . This means that the administrative post itself is 465 square kilometers.

traffic

Post office in Marracuene

The EN1 road , the only connection between north and south Mozambique , runs through the village .

Marracuene is also connected to the national rail network of Mozambique via the Linha de Limpopo railway line , which continues to Zimbabwe . There is a non-clocked suburban traffic of the state railway company CFM .

history

The first documentary mention by the Portuguese colonial power is dated to 1895. In 1895 there was a battle between the Portuguese colonial power under António José Enes and the Bantu King Gungunhana .

In 1946 the colonial government raised the place to the district administrative seat (Conselho) under the name Villa Luísa . After Mozambique gained independence in 1975, the place was given the new name Marracuene.

With the steady population growth of Mozambique and the steady rural exodus, Marracuene has meanwhile grown into a full-fledged suburb of Maputo. This sometimes creates great economic and social contrasts between the main town of Marracuene and its very rural surroundings.

economy

Incomati River at Marracuene, just before it flows into the Bay of Maputo

As in large parts of Mozambique, Marracuene is mainly characterized by subsistence agriculture .

In addition, Marracuene has a seaside resort in the small town of Macaneta , where numerous tourist facilities have found their place. In particular, people from the nearby capital go to Macaneta due to the poor quality of the beaches in Maputo. Until 2018 it was necessary to use a small ferry to reach Macaneta, on the other side of the Incomati . In the course of construction work on the Maputo ring road , the ferry was replaced by a bridge in 2018.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Perfil do Distrito de Marracuene, Província de Maputo. (PDF) Ministério da Administração Interna, 2005, accessed on September 5, 2015 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Anabela Massingue: MARRACUENE - Expansão urbana inquieta camponeses. In: Jornal Notíciassq. December 3, 2013, accessed September 5, 2015 (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ Hermínio José: A dupla realidade de Marracuene. In: A Verdade. May 10, 2012, Retrieved September 5, 2015 (Portuguese).
  4. ↑ Ponte Marracuene-Macaneta ganha format. In: Folha de Maputo. May 16, 2015, Retrieved September 5, 2015 (Portuguese).

Coordinates: 25 ° 44 ′  S , 32 ° 41 ′  E