# Mozambique

Mozambique

republic, sovereign state, country| Part of | Portuguese-speaking African countries  |
| Year dem found am | 25 June 1975  |
| Official name | República de Moçambique  |
| Native label | República de Moçambique, مْسُمْبِيجِ  |
| Ethnic group | African people, European people, White Africans of European ancestry, Indians in Mozambique  |
| Dem name after | Island of Mozambique  |
| Official language | Portuguese  |
| Anthem | Pátria Amada  |
| Culture | culture of Mozambique  |
| Motto text | Come to where it all started, Dewch i'r fan lle cychwynwyd y cyfan  |
| Continent | Africa  |
| Country | Mozambique  |
| Capital | Maputo  |
| Located in time zone | UTC+02:00, Africa/Maputo  |
| Located in/on physical feature | Southern Africa, East Africa  |
| Coordinate location | 19°0′0″S 35°0′0″E  |
| Coordinates of easternmost point | 14°24′52″S 40°48′10″E  |
| Coordinates of northernmost point | 10°28′12″S 40°27′0″E  |
| Coordinates of southernmost point | 26°51′39″S 32°11′1″E  |
| Coordinates of westernmost point | 14°59′58″S 30°13′1″E  |
| Highest point | Monte Binga  |
| Lowest point | Mozambique Channel  |
| Office held by head of state | President of Mozambique  |
| State ein head | Daniel Chapo  |
| Office head of government hold | Prime Minister of Mozambique  |
| Government ein head | Maria Benvinda Levy  |
| Executive body | government of Mozambique  |
| Legislative body | Assembly of the Republic  |
| Highest judicial authority | Supreme Court of Mozambique  |
| Central bank | Bank of Mozambique  |
| Currency | Mozambican metical  |
| Demma headquarters location | Maputo  |
| Driving side | left  |
| Electrical plug type | Europlug, Schuko, BS 546  |
| Dey replace | People's Republic of Mozambique  |
| Dema official website |   |
| URL |   |
| Hashtag | Mozambique  |
| Top-level Internet domain | .mz  |
| Flag | flag of Mozambique  |
| Coat of arms | Emblem of Mozambique  |
| Geography of topic | Geography of Mozambique  |
| Get characteristic | partly free country  |
| History of topic | history of Mozambique  |
| Railway traffic side | left  |
| Economy of topic | economy of Mozambique  |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of Mozambique  |
| Commonwealth Sport country code | MOZ  |
| Mobile country code | 643  |
| Country calling code | +258  |
| Trunk prefix | no value  |
| Emergency phone number | 119, 117, 198  |
| Licence plate code | MOC  |
| Maritime identification digits | 650  |
| Unicode character | 🇲🇿  |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of Mozambique  |

**Mozambique**, officially de **Republic of Mozambique**, be a country wey dey locate insyd southeast Africa border by de Indian Ocean to de east, Tanzania to de north, Malawi den Zambia to de northwest, Zimbabwe to de west, den Eswatini den South Africa to de south den southwest. Dem separate de sovereign state from de Comoros, Mayotte den Madagascar by de Mozambique Channel to de east. De capital den largest city be Maputo.

De country ein population of around 34,777,605, as of 2024 estimates, wich be a 2.96% population increase from 2023, be composed of overwhelmingly Bantu peoples. However, de official language insyd Mozambique be Portuguese per, wich dem dey speak insyd urban areas as a first anaa second language by most, den generally as a lingua franca between younger Mozambicans plus access to formal education. De most important local languages dey include Tsonga, Makhuwa, Sena, Chichewa, den Swahili. Glottolog dey list 46 languages dem dey speak insyd de country, of wich one be a signed language (Mozambican Sign Language/*Língua de sinais de Moçambique*). De largest religion insyd Mozambique be Christianity, plus significant minorities dey follow Islam den African traditional religions. Mozambique be a member of de United Nations, de African Union, de Commonwealth of Nations (a rare example of a Commonwealth country wey no be a former British colony), de Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, de Community of Portuguese Language Countries, de Non-Aligned Movement, de Southern African Development Community, wey ebe an observer at La Francophonie.

## Etymology

Na dem name de country Moçambique by de Portuguese after de Island of Mozambique, dem derive from either Mussa Bin Bique, *Musa Al Big,* *Mossa Al Bique*, *Mussa Ben Mbiki* anaa *Mussa Ibn Malik*, an Arab trader wey first visit de island wey he later live der wey na he still dey alive wen Vasco da Gama call at de island insyd 1498. Na de island-town be de capital of de Portuguese colony til 1898, wen na dem move am south to Lourenço Marques (now Maputo).

## Government den politics

### Administrative divisions

Dem divide Mozambique into ten provinces (*provincias*) den one capital city (*cidade capital*) plus provincial status. Dem subdivide de provinces into 129 districts (*distritos*). Dem further divide de districts into 405 "*postos administrativos*" (administrative posts, *secretários* dey head dem) wey then into *localidades* (localities), de lowest geographical level of de central state administration. Der be 53 "*municípios*" (municipalities).

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| 1. Niassa
2. Cabo Delgado
3. Nampula
4. Tete
5. Zambezia
6. Manica
7. Sofala
8. Gaza
9. Inhambane
10. Maputo (city)
11. Maputo
 |  |

## Demographics

De north-central provinces of Zambezia den Nampula be de most populous, plus about 45% of de population. De estimated four million Makua be de dominant group insyd de northern part of de country; de Sena den Shona (mostly Ndau den Manyika) be prominent insyd de Zambezi valley, den de Tsonga den Shangaan people dey dominate southern Mozambique. Oda groups dey include Makonde, Yao, Swahili, Tonga, Chopi, den Nguni (wey dey include Zulu). Bantu people dey comprise 97.8% of de population, plus de rest make up of Portuguese ancestry, Euro-Africans (*mestiço* people of mixed Bantu den Portuguese ancestry), den Indians. Roughly 45,000 people of Indian descent dey reside insyd Mozambique.

### Largest cities

|

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Mozambique
According to de 2017 Census |
| --- |
| Rank | Name | Province | Pop. | Rank | Name | Province | Pop. |
| 1 | Maputo | Maputo | 1,080,277 | 11 | Gurúè | Zambézia | *210,000* |
| 2 | Matola | Maputo | 1,032,197 | 12 | Pemba | Cabo Delgado | 201,846 |
| 3 | Nampula | Nampula | 663,212 | 13 | Xai-Xai | Gaza | 132,884 |
| 4 | Beira | Sofala | 592,090 | 14 | Maxixe | Inhambane | 123,868 |
| 5 | Chimoio | Manica | 363,336 | 15 | Angoche | Nampula | 89,998 |
| 6 | Tete | Tete | 307,338 | 16 | Inhambane | Inhambane | 82,119 |
| 7 | Quelimane | Zambézia | 246,915 | 17 | Cuamba | Niassa | 79,013 |
| 8 | Lichinga | Niassa | 242,204 | 18 | Montepuez | Cabo Delgado | 76,139 |
| 9 | Mocuba | Zambézia | *240,000* | 19 | Dondo | Sofala | 70,817 |
| 10 | Nacala | Nampula | 225,034 | 20 | Moçambique | Nampula | 65,712 |

### Languages

Ethnic map of Mozambique
Portuguese be de official den most widely spoken language of de nation, 50.3% of de population dey speak am. Additionally, around 50% of Maputo dey speak Portuguese as a native language.

## Culture

### Arts

### Music

### Media

Headquarters of Rádio Moçambique insyd KaMpfumo district of Maputo (photo 2009)
### Cuisine

### National holidays

| Date | National holiday designation | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 January | Universal fraternity day | New year |
| 3 February | Mozambican heroes day | For tribute to Eduardo Mondlane |
| 7 April | Mozambican women day | For tribute to Josina Machel |
| 1 May | International workers day | Workers' Day |
| 25 June | National Independence day | Independence proclamation insyd 1975 (from Portugal) |
| 7 September | Victory Day | For tribute to de Lusaka Accord dem sign insyd 1974 |
| 25 September | National Liberation Armed Forces Day | For tribute to de start of de armed fight for national liberation |
| 4 October | Peace and Reconciliation | For tribute to de General Peace Agreement dem sign insyd Rome insyd 1992 |
| 25 December | Family Day | Christians sanso dey celebrate Christmas |

## Read further

* Abrahamsson, Hans, *Mozambique: The Troubled Transition, from Socialist Construction to Free Market Capitalism* London: Zed Books, 1995
* Bowen, Merle L., "The State against the Peasantry: Rural struggles in colonial and postcolonial Mozambique", Charlottesville & London, University Press of Virginia, 2000
* Cahen, Michel, *Les bandits: un historien au Mozambique*, Paris: Gulbenkian, 1994
* Fialho Feliciano, José, "Antropologia económca dos Thonga do sul de Moçambique", Maputo, Arquivo Histórico de Moçamique, 1998
* Gengenbach, Heidi, "Binding Memories: Women as Makers and Tellers of History in Magude, Mozambique". Columbia University Press, 2004. Entire Text Online Archived 26 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
* Mwakikagile, Godfrey, *Africa and America in The Sixties: A Decade That Changed The Nation and The Destiny of A Continent*, First Edition, New Africa Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-9802534-2-9
* Mwakikagile, Godfrey, *Nyerere and Africa: End of an Era*, Third Edition, New Africa Press, 2006, "Chapter Seven: "The Struggle for Mozambique: The Founding of FRELIMO in Tanzania," pp. 206–225, ISBN 978-0-9802534-1-2
* Morier-Genoud, Eric, Cahen, Michel and do Rosário, Domingos M. (eds), *The War Within New Perspectives on the Civil War in Mozambique, 1976–1992* (Oxford: James Currey, 2018)
* Morier-Genoud, Eric, "Mozambique since 1989: Shaping democracy after Socialism" in A.R.Mustapha & L.Whitfield (eds), *Turning Points in African Democracy*, Oxford: James Currey, 2008, pp. 153–166.
* Newitt, Malyn, *A History of Mozambique* Indiana University Press. ISBN 1-85065-172-8
* Pitcher, Anne, *Transforming Mozambique: The politics of privatisation, 1975–2000* Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002
* Varia, "Religion in Mozambique", *LFM: Social sciences & Missions* No. 17, December 2005

**Government: Republic of Mozambique Official Government Portal

**General information: Social Atlas from World Bank
* Country Profile from BBC News
* Mozambique. *The World Factbook*. Central Intelligence Agency.
* Mozambique from UCB Libraries GovPubs
* Wikimedia Atlas of Mozambique
* Key Development Forecasts for Mozambique from International Futures
* Mozambique Population Worldometer

**Tourism: Niassa Reserve—Niassa National Reserve official website

**Health: The State of the World's Midwifery – Mozambique Country Profile