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 derHistory. ilhademo.net 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).
 Niassa
 Cabo Delgado
 Nampula
 Tete
 Zambezia
 Manica
 Sofala
 Gaza
 Inhambane
 Maputo (city)
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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,This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Mozambique (07/02)". U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets/Background Notes. U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018. 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.This article incorporates public domain material from "Mozambique". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). CIA. Retrieved 22 May 2007. (Archived 2007 edition.) Roughly 45,000 people of Indian descent dey reside insyd Mozambique.

Largest cities
Largest cities anaa towns insyd Mozambique

According to de 2017 CensusRankNameProvincePop.RankNameProvincePop.1MaputoMaputo1,080,27711GurúèZambézia210,0002MatolaMaputo1,032,19712PembaCabo Delgado201,8463NampulaNampula663,21213Xai-XaiGaza132,8844BeiraSofala592,09014MaxixeInhambane123,8685ChimoioManica363,33615AngocheNampula89,9986TeteTete307,33816InhambaneInhambane82,1197QuelimaneZambézia246,91517CuambaNiassa79,0138LichingaNiassa242,20418MontepuezCabo Delgado76,1399MocubaZambézia240,00019DondoSofala70,81710NacalaNampula225,03420MoçambiqueNampula65,712

 Languages 
Portuguese be de official den most widely spoken language of de nation, 50.3% of de population dey speak am."Quadro 24. População de 5 anos e mais por condição de conhecimento da língua portuguesa e sexo, segundo área de residência e idade" Archived 17 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived 2 December 1998 at the Wayback Machine, Maputo Moçambique, 2007 Additionally, around 50% of Maputo dey speak Portuguese as a native language.
Culture
Arts
 Music 
Media
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

 References 

Category:Countries for Africa insyd
Category:Mozambique
Category:East African countries
Category:Southeast African countries
Category:Southern African countries
Category:Former Portuguese colonies
Category:Least developed countries
Category:Member states of de African Union
Category:Member states of de Commonwealth of Nations
Category:Member states of de United Nations
Category:Countries den territories wer Portuguese be official language
Category:Member states of de Community of Portuguese Language Countries
Category:Member states of de Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Category:Swahili-speaking countries den territories
Category:States den territories dem establish insyd 1975
Category:1975 establishments for Mozambique insyd
Category:1975 establishments insyd Africa

 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, 
 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, 
 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. 
 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
External links

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