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Comparison Project for Africa. Maputo in Mozambique and Nashville, Tennessee.
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= Maputo, Mozambique and Nashville, Tennessee =

==== Maputo, Mozambique and Nashville, Tennessee have very little in common, but those very little things in common are very interesting. Nashville and Maputo aren’t very much alike. Nashville is a big popular music city and Maputo doesn’t have very much music at all. Nashville and Maputo are very different! ==== ==== Maputo and Nashville have similar and different weather and climates. The coolest month of Maputo is July while Nashville’s is either December or January. There is more rain in Maputo. The average annual rain fall in Maputo is 29.96 in. yearly. Nashville’s annual rain fall is 481 in. yearly. The snowfall of Maputo is 1.3 in. and the snowfall of Nashville is 9.1 in. It is a humid subtropical climate in both cities. ==== ====Maputo and Nashville have a very different history. Maputo was first settled in 1787. Nashville was settled in 1806. Maputo was founded in 1544 and Nashville was founded on Christmas Eve in 1779. Nashville is a huge music city which is the complete opposite of Maputo. Maputo used to be a very poor place with barely anything to survive. In 1876 the place started to get a ton more popular. People started building hospitals and churches and all sorts of stuff in Maputo. Now Maputo has nice hotels and more stuff. In the 1970’s or 80’s the Bridgestone Arena was built as both a big concert stage and as a National Basketball Association or National hockey League sports place in Nashville. In 1995 the Houston Oilers moved to Nashville and changed their names to The Tennessee Titans. ==== ====Both Maputo and Nashville have a big population because of how many people go there on vacations. Maputo is a vacation spot. They have 1,244,227 people living there. They have a lot of beaches. Many people visit Nashville because of all the music there and people say it is the second most populous city after Memphis, Tennessee. Nashville’s population is 571,591 people. Maputo, Mozambique may have a lot of people and rivers and beaches, but sometimes they get poisoned by the food. Nashville’s crime rates are violent crime - 8,331 people. Property crime - 38,648 people. Both Nashville and Maputo are capital cities. ==== ====As you can see Maputo, Mozambique and Nashville, Tennessee are very different. I hope people can still try to help some people in Maputo to survive when they really need our help. Otherwise Maputo is a very nice city with lots of people! ====

Elevation- (Maputo)- 145 ft. (Nashville)- 597 ft.
==Absolute Location- (Maputo)- 25 degrees 58' S 32 degrees 35' E. (Nashville)- 36 degrees 10' N 86 degrees 47' W ==

==Relative Location- (Maputo)- Near beaches and lots of rivers. (Nashville)- Grassland area.==

==Place- (Maputo)- Maputo is a city with a big population. Many people visit there for vacation. They live along beaches. (Nashville)- Nashville is a big music city. Many people visit there for the music. Nashville is a humid subtropical climate.==

==Historical fact- (Maputo)- In 1871 Maputo was VERY poor with barely anything to survive, but then in 1876 the place got a lot more exciting. People started building hospitals and churches and all sorts of stuff. And NOW they have even more things. The people there still get poisoned from some of the food they eat. (Nashville)- In the 80's or 90's the Bridestone Arena was built as both a big concert room and a National Basketball Association or National Hockey League sports place. The Housten Oilers moved to Nashville and changed there names to the Tennessee Titans. ==

==Interesting fact- Maputo and Nashville are both capital cities. ==

When it was settled- (Maputo)- 1787. (Nashville)- 1806.
==HEinteraction- One of the interaction problems.- Many kids get sick from poisoning from the foods they eat. People like to fish and swim there because of the beaches. ==

Maputo's flag. Tennessee's flag.

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