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Mozambique

MZ / MOZ -19.0°, 35.0°

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the south and southwest. The sovereign state is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte, and Madagascar through the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital and largest city is Maputo.

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People are called

Mozambican

Driving side

Left

Calling code

+258

Capital

Maputo

Population

34,000,000

Area

801,590 km2

Climate

Tropical

Government

Presidential republic

Currency

Mozambican metical

Languages

Makhuwa 26.1%, Portuguese 16.6%, Tsonga 8.6%

Sells

coal, natural gas, aluminum, gold

Sells to

India 18%, China 13%, South Africa 9%

Land borders

6: Malawi, Eswatini, Tanzania, South Africa ...

Drives on the

left

Calling code

+258

Founded

1975

Hemisphere

Southern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Mozambican

These are English demonyms for people from Mozambique. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

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BEYOND THE MAP

Mozambique in the study desk

Places and things the general-knowledge library connects to Mozambique. Open one to follow its connections, then practise them with typed recall.

Geography 1

Monte Binga

Food & drink 1

matapa

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Makhuwa

26.1%

Portugueseofficial

16.6%

Tsonga

8.6%

Sena

7.1%

Lomwe

7.1%

What it sells, and to whom

Every line is a thread: click a commodity or a partner to see who else trades in it.

Farms and fisheries

cassava
maize
sugarcane
tomatoes
beans
potatoes

Largest cities

Maputo capital	1,254,837
Matola	1,198,988
Nampula	770,379
Beira	687,764
Chimoio	422,046

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Mozambican Civil War1977–1992 principal belligerent

Money, belief and alliances

Money

Mozambican metical

Belongs to

World Meteorological Organization United Nations International Development Association Community of Portuguese Language Countries Southern African Development Community Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes African Union Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Commonwealth of Nations Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency UNESCO International Bank for Reconstruction and Development World Health Organization Interpol World Trade Organization

Climate and geography

tropical to subtropical

Climate zone

Tropical

Highest point

Monte Binga

Landmarks and landscapes

Bazaruto Archipelago Ilha de Mocambique

Southern hemisphere.

Land borders (6)

Malawi

Eswatini

Tanzania

South Africa

Zambia

Zimbabwe

In charge right now

Daniel Chapo Head of state

Maria Benvinda Levy Head of government

Figures from its history

Samora Machel First president Samora Moisés Machel was a Mozambican politician and revolutionary who served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's independence in 1975 until his death in the 1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 plane crash which had killed 34 people, including...

Eduardo Mondlane Founder of the liberation movement Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane was a Mozambican revolutionary and anthropologist who was the founder of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO).

Graca Machel Stateswoman Graça Machel is a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. She is an international advocate for women's and children's rights and was made an honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 for her humanitarian work.