Maputo Jewish & Kosher Guide 2025: Kosher Info in Maputo, Mozambique

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About Maputo

Maputo is known as the City of Acacias, in reference to acacia trees commonly found along its avenues, and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. Today, it is a port city, with its economy centered on the harbour. According to the 2007 census, the population is 1,766,184. An inlet of the Indian Ocean, Lourenço Marques was named after the Portuguese navigator who, with António Caldeira, was sent in 1544 by the governor of Mozambique on a voyage of exploration. The town developed around a Portuguese fortress completed in 1787. In 1871, the town was described as a poor place. The People's Republic of Mozambique was proclaimed on 25 June 1975. Maputo is a relatively dry city, averaging 814 millimetres (32.0 inches) of precipitation per year. Maputo also features noticeably warmer and cooler seasons, with its warmest month (January) on average about 7 °C (13 °F) warmer than its coolest month (July). Maputo is a melting pot of several cultures. The Bantu and Portuguese cultures dominate, but the influence of Arab, Indian, and Chinese cultures is also felt. An important cultural and artists' centre in Maputo is the Associação Núcleo de Arte.

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Jewish History, POI & Kosher Establishments in Maputo

The Maputo synagogue traces its congregational records to 1899, when political upheavals connected with the Boer War caused the rabbi Joseph Hertz, then of Johannesburg, to briefly move to the Mozambique capital as a refugee. Rev. Dr. Hertz urged his co-religionists in Lourenço Marques to take steps to organize themselves as a community, including the commencement of pathways for Jewish education and the acquisition of land parcels for a synagogue and a Jewish cemetery. After a period of community development, these urgings flowered in 1926 with the construction of the Lourenço Marques Synagogue, a facility with a congregation of about 30 Jews. Events in Europe led to the Jewish population of Lourenço Marques peaking at approximately 500 in 1942. The Jewish community of Maputo was in 2008 approximately 20 persons.


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What Is *JOFY?

JOFY, or "Jewish Observant Friendly" Establishments are lodging establishments offering special services for Jewish Observant guests such as Shabbat meals, accommodation on lower floors and regular keys for the rooms. It can also be a NON KOSHER establishment located in walking distance from the local Shul, community or kosher restaurants area.

Please note - *JOFY does NOT mean that KOSHER food is served on the premises!

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