This is a list of renamed places in Mozambique. During the Portuguese colonial period, several places had their African names changes to honor Portuguese people or places. Other settlements were simply founded by the Portuguese and named as such. After Mozambican independence in 1975, a number of cities, towns, streets, and other places were renamed, replacing Portuguese names with African names. The country itself was renamed Mozambique upon independence, having previously been called Portuguese Mozambique or Portuguese East Africa. Provinces Until 1978, Mozambique's provinces were called districts. Lourenço Marques District → Maputo Province (1976) Moçambique District → Nampula Province (1975) Cities and towns António Enes → Angoche (1976) Chiveve → Beira (1907) Vila Gouveia → Catandica (1975) Malvérnia → Chicualacuala (1975) Mandigos → Vila Pery (1916) → Chimoio (1975) Vila Trigo de Morais → Chokwe (1997) Kuamba → Cuamba (1937) → Nova Freixo (1952) → Cuamba (1976) Gurúè → Vila Junqueiro (1959) → Gurúè (1975) Vila Cabral → Lichinga (1975) Lourenço Marques → Maputo (1976) Vila Luísa → Marracuene (1975) Salazar → Matola (1975) Porto Amélia → Pemba (1975) João Belo → Xai-Xai (1975) Quissico → Zavala (1975) Streets Maputo In 1975, many street names were changed in Maputo. They are listed below, translated into English: Sagres Street → 10 November Avenue (1975) João Albasini Square → 21 October Square (1975) 7 March Square → 25 June Square (1975) Avenue of the Republic → 25 September Avenue (1975) Afonso de Albuquerque Avenue → Ahmed Sekou Touré Avenue (1975) 31 January Avenue → Agostinho Neto Avenue (1975) Luciano Cordeiro Avenue → Albert Luthuli Avenue (1975) Pêro de Alenquer Street → Amílcar Cabral Avenue (1975) Aviadores Street → Argélia Street (1975) Couceiro da Costa Avenue → Armando Tivane Avenue (1975) Major Araújo Street → Bagamoyo Street (1975) General Bettencourt Avenue → Base Ntchinga Street (1975) Pêro da Covilhã Street → Belmiro O. Muianga Street (1975) Pinheiro Chagas Avenue → Eduardo Mondlane Avenue (1975) Doutor Serrão Avenue → Emília Daússe Avenue (1975) Paiva Manso Avenue → Filipe Samuel Magaia Avenue (1975) Belegard da Silva Avenue → Francisco O. Magumbwé Avenue (1975) Avenue of the Dukes of Connaught → Friedrich Engels Avenue (1975) Andrade Corvo Avenue → Ho Chi Minh Avenue (1975) Mouzinho de Albuquerque Square → Independence Square (1975) Lapa Street → Joaquim Lapa Street (1975) 5 October Avenue → Josina Machel Avenue (1975) Guerra Junqueiro Street → José Mateus Street (1975) António