Matola, Maputo Province, Mozambique
🇲🇿 Matola is the largest suburb of the Mozambique capital, Maputo, adjacent to its westernmost side. It is the nation's second most populated city. Matola is the capital of Maputo Province and has had its own elected municipal government since 1998. It has a port and also the biggest industrial area in Mozambique.
1Economy: Industry Matola is an industrial centre with an important port for minerals (chromium and iron) and other exports from Eswatini and South Africa. It has petroleum refineries (presently inactive) and diverse industries, which manufacture products like soap, cement, and agricultural materials. The most important of these is an aluminium smelter, installed in 2002, that more than doubled Mozambique's GDP. In November 2014, South Korean car company Hyundai Motor Company opened a plant in Matola (Somyoung Motors), which manufactures the Hyundai i10 and Hyundai Accent.
1Transport Matola is served by a station on the southern network of Mozambique Ports and Railways, connecting the Goba railway and the Pretoria-Maputo railway. Coal is exported from here.
1Maputo Time
Matola is rated E by the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (GUCR) which evaluates and ranks world cities in the context of economic competitiveness. E cities are regional gateway cities. Matola has a population of over 1,032,197 people. Matola also forms part of the wider Maputo Province which has a population of over 2,717,437 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Matola has links with:
🇿🇦 Johannesburg, South Africa 🇵🇹 Loures, Portugal 🇵🇹 Viana do Castelo, Portugal 🇵🇹 Viseu, PortugalLocations Near: Matola 32.4667,-25.9667
🇲🇿 KaMubukwana 32.572,-25.906 d: 12.5
🇲🇿 Maputo 32.589,-25.965 d: 12.2
🇸🇿 Manzini 31.367,-26.483 d: 123.9
🇸🇿 Mbabane 31.146,-26.326 d: 137.7
🇲🇿 Xai-Xai 33.64,-25.041 d: 156.4
🇿🇦 Nelspruit 30.985,-25.466 d: 158.5
🇿🇦 Mbombela 30.985,-25.466 d: 158.5
🇿🇦 Ermelo 29.985,-26.522 d: 255.1
🇿🇦 King Cetshwayo 32.083,-28.733 d: 310
🇿🇦 Richards Bay 32.049,-28.751 d: 312.3
Antipodal to: Matola -147.533,25.967
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 18975.8
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 18943.6
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 18940.4
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 18934.7
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 18929.1
🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 18843.6
🇺🇸 Pearl City -157.969,21.394 d: 18837.6
🇺🇸 Mililani -158,21.433 d: 18836.8