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Marracuene
Sign in to saveMarracuene, earlier known as Vila Luísa, is a town in Mozambique's Maputo Province in Marracuene District, located 30 km north of Maputo on the Incomati River. The Parque de Campismo de Marracuene, a popular camping destination, is located nearby.
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Place details
- Locality
- Marracuene
- Region
- Maputo
- Country
- Moçambique
- Population
- 13,051
- Timezone
- Africa/Maputo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Marracuene
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Combat de marracuene.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Marracuene at war. 1899.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mozambique
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Provinces
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Maputo Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Marracuene District
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Tourism
- References
- External links
Marracuene, earlier known as Vila Luísa, is a town in Mozambique's Maputo Province in Marracuene District, located 30 km north of Maputo on the Incomati River. The Parque de Campismo de Marracuene, a popular camping destination, is located nearby.
==History== On February 2, 1895, Marracuene was the site of a decisive battle between Portuguese forces under major Caldas Xavier and Gaza forces of emperor Gungunyane. The Portuguese were able to defeat the larger Gaza forces by means of repeating rifles and a machine gun.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marracuene” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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