Lourenco Marques City

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Named After	Lourenco Marques Navigator^[1]
Named After	Lourenco Marques Person^[2]
Rdf Type	City^[1]
Rdf Type	Place^[2]
Had Feature In1871	bastions at intervals^[1]
Had Feature In1871	a wall 6 ft. high^[1]
Capital of	Mozambique^[1]
Capital of	Portuguese East Africa^[1]
Same As	Maputo^[2]
Adorned by	several fine buildings^[1]
Asiatic Population	1690^[1]
Built Upon	a low-lying spit of sand^[1]

ex:lourenco-marques-city

Lourenco Marques City has 58 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 2 references, with 4 live disagreements.

58 facts·49 predicates·2 sources·4 in dispute

Mostly:had feature in1871(7), named after(2), rdf type(2)

Named Afterin dispute`namedAfter`

Lourenco Marques Navigator^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann
Lourenco Marques Person^[2]all time · Wf15 18 History of Maputo Wikipedia

Rdf Typein dispute`rdfType`

City^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann
Place^[2]all time · Wf15 18 History of Maputo Wikipedia

Had Feature In1871in dispute`hadFeatureIn1871`

bastions at intervals^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann
a wall 6 ft. high^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann
narrow streets^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann
decayed forts^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann
fairly good flat-roofed houses^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann
rusty cannon^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann
grass huts^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann

Capital ofin dispute`capitalOf`

Mozambique^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann
Portuguese East Africa^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann

Same As`sameAs`

Maputo^[2]all time · Wf15 18 History of Maputo Wikipedia

Adorned by`adornedBy`

several fine buildings^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann

Asiatic Population`asiaticPopulation`

1690^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann

Built Upon`builtUpon`

a low-lying spit of sand^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann

Cargo Discharge Before1903`cargoDischargeBefore1903`

discharged in tugs and lighters^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann

Chief Local Import`chiefLocalImport`

cheap wine from Portugal^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann

Dates From`datesFrom`

about 1850^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann

Described As Having`describedAsHaving`

several fine buildings^[1]all time · Wf15 17 Lourenco Marques Encyclopedia 1911 Encyclopaedia Britann

Inbound mentions (23)

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`locatedIn`Located in(5)

Avenida Aguiarex:avenida-aguiar
Lourenco Marques Harbourex:lourenco-marques-harbour
Lourenco Marques Portex:lourenco-marques-port
Lourenco Marques Tramwayex:lourenco-marques-tramway
Reuben Pointex:reuben-point

`hasCapital`Has Capital(2)

Mozambiqueex:mozambique
Portuguese East Africaex:portuguese-east-africa

`partOf`Part of(2)

Lourenco Marques City Centreex:lourenco-marques-city-centre
Lourenco Marques Portex:lourenco-marques-port

`residedIn`Resided in(2)

Asiatics Lourenco Marquesex:asiatics-lourenco-marques
Europeans Lourenco Marquesex:europeans-lourenco-marques

`routeFrom`Route From(2)

Mcmurdo Concession 1883ex:mcmurdo-concession-1883
Railway Survey 1878ex:railway-survey-1878

`affected`Affected(1)

Riots 1910 Lourenco Marquesex:riots-1910-lourenco-marques

`articleTopic`Article Topic(1)

Source 1911eb Lourenco Marquesex:source-1911eb-lourenco-marques

`connects`Connects(1)

Delagoa Bay Railway Lineex:delagoa-bay-railway-line

`contains`Contains(1)

Delagoa Bayex:delagoa-bay

`describes`Describes(1)

Source 1911eb Lourenco Marquesex:source-1911eb-lourenco-marques

`destroyedSettlementAt`Destroyed Settlement at(1)

Destruction of Previous Settlementex:destruction-of-previous-settlement

`exportedTo`Exported to(1)

Portugalex:portugal

`locatedAt`Located at(1)

Lourenco Marques Wall 1871ex:lourenco-marques-wall-1871

`location`Location(1)

Lourenco Marques Developmentex:lourenco-marques-development

`targetLocation`Target Location(1)

Portuguese Commission 1876ex:portuguese-commission-1876

Other facts (37)

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37 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Described In1871 As	a poor place	[1]
Described in As Of1871	enclosed by a wall 6 ft. high then recently erected and protected by bastions at intervals	[1]
Distance by Rail From	396	[1]
European Population	4691	[1]
Formerly Surrounded by	swamps	[1]
Has Harbour	Lourenco Marques Harbour	[1]
Has Tramway System	Lourenco Marques Tramway	[1]
Latitude	25 53 S	[1]
Located in	Portuguese East Africa	[1]
Located Near	Delagoa Bay	[1]
Located on	North Bank Espirito Santo River	[1]
Longitude	32 30 E	[1]
Marked Development Period	end of the 19th century	[1]
Native Trade Controlled by	Indians Lourenco Marques	[1]
Nearest Seaport to	Rand Gold Mines	[1]
Nearest Seaport to the Rand	true	[1]
Population Year	1904	[1]
Rail Destination	Johannesburg	[1]
Rail Route Via	Pretoria	[1]
Recorded in	Source 1911eb Lourenco Marques	[1]
Retail Trade Controlled by	Indians Lourenco Marques	[1]
Situated Near Mouth of	Espirito Santo River	[1]
Street Layout	regularly laid out	[1]
Street Lighting	electricity	[1]
Streets Are	regularly laid out	[1]
Suffered in	Riots 1910 Lourenco Marques	[1]
Suffered Severity	severely	[1]
Total Population	9849	[1]
Wine Bought by	Kaffirs	[1]
Wine Import Value Yearly	500000	[1]
Asiatic Population Year	1904	[1]
Country	Portugal	[1]
European Population Year	1904	[1]
Primary Function	transit port to the Transvaal	[1]
Seaport	true	[1]
Situated on Sand Spit	true	[1]
Native Population	3468	[1]

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adornedByval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

several fine buildings

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asiaticPopulationval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

1690

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asiaticPopulationYearval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

1904

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builtUponval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

a low-lying spit of sand

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capitalOfval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

ex:mozambique

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capitalOfval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

ex:portuguese-east-africa

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cargoDischargeBefore1903val-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

discharged in tugs and lighters

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chiefLocalImportval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

cheap wine from Portugal

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countryval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

ex:portugal

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datesFromval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

about 1850

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describedAsHavingval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

several fine buildings

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describedIn1871Asval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

a poor place

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describedInAsOf1871val-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

enclosed by a wall 6 ft. high then recently erected and protected by bastions at intervals

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distanceByRailFromval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

396

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europeanPopulationval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

4691

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europeanPopulationYearval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

1904

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formerlySurroundedByval-mauritius/wf15-17-lourenco-marques-encyclopedia-1911-encyclopaedia-britann

swamps

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