Maputo is located on the west side of Maputo Bay, near the Estuário do Espírito Santo where the four rivers Tembe, Umbeluzi, Matola and Infulene drain. The bay is  long and  wide. At the extreme east of the city and bay is the island of Inhaca. The total area covered by the municipality of Maputo is  and borders the city of Matola northeast and east, the districts of Marracuene to the north; Boane in the east and Matutuíne at the south all of which are part of Maputo Province. The city is  from the South African border at Ressano Garcia and  from the border with Eswatini near the town of Namaacha.