Lourenco Marques History, Photos, Genealogy

Lourenço Marques, Mozambique

Vasco de Gama Square, Lourenco Marques, circa 1900

Lourenço Marques lies on the northern bank of Espírito Santo Estuary of Delagoa Bay, an inlet of the Indian Ocean. It was given the name of the Portuguese trader who first explored the region in 1544. The town developed around a Portuguese fortress completed in 1787. Its main growth dates from 1895, when a railroad to Pretoria, South Africa, was completed. There are also rails links to Swaziland and Zimbabwe. It superseded Moçambique as the capital of Portuguese East Africa in 1907. After independence in 1975, most of the city's large Portuguese population left and its name was changed to Maputo.

Wharf, Lourenco Marques

7th March Square, Lourenco Marques

Coal, cotton, sugar, chrome, ore, sisal, copra, and hardwood are the chief exports. The city's main manufactures are food products, beverages, cement, pottery, furniture, shoes, and rubber; there is a large aluminum smelting operation nearby at Belaluane.

Imports

Goods	Country/Region
Machinery	Britain

Exports

Goods	Country/Region
Coal	British Empire
Cotton	Britain
Copra	Britain
Sugar	Britain
Chrome	Britain
Ore	Britain
Sisal	Britain
Hardwood	Britain

Industry

Port Industries	Other Industries
	Cement Works
	Aluminium Works
	Rubber
	Pottery

Scarrow Associations

.	Years sailed to/from Lourenco Marques
Robert Scarrow	1914, 1929-33, 1939


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