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Mozambique stretches for 1,535 mi
(2,470 km) along Africa's southeast coast. It is nearly
twice the size of California. Tanzania is to the north;
Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe to the west; and South
Africa and Swaziland to the south. The country is
generally a low-lying plateau broken up by 25 sizable
rivers that flow into the Indian Ocean. The largest is
the Zambezi, which provides access to central Africa. |
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National name: República de Moçambique |
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President: Armando Guebuza (2005) |
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Prime Minister: Luisa Diogo (2004) |
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Land area: 302,737 sq mi (784,089 sq km); total
area: 309,494 sq mi (801,590 sq km) |
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Population (2007 est.): 20,905,585 (growth rate:
1.8%); birth rate: 38.5/1000; infant mortality rate:
109.9/1000; life expectancy: 40.9; density per sq mi: 69 |
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Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Maputo,
1,691,000 (metro. area), 1,114,000 (city proper) |
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Monetary unit: Metical |
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Languages: Portuguese 9% (official; second
language of 27%), Emakhuwa 26%, Xichangana 11%, Elomwe
8%, Cisena 7%, Echuwabo 6%, other Mozambican languages
32% (1997) |
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Ethnicity/race: indigenous tribal groups 99.66% (Shangaan,
Chokwe, Manyika, Sena, Makua, and others), Europeans
0.06%, Euro-Africans 0.2%, Indians 0.08% |
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Religions: Mozambique 24%, Islam 18%, Zionist
Christian 18%, none 23% (1997) |
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Literacy rate: 48% (2003 est.) |
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Transportation: Railways: total: 3,123 km (2006).
Highways: total: 30,400 km; paved: 5,685 km; unpaved:
24,715 km (1999 est.). Waterways: 460 km (Zambezi River
navigable to Tete and along Cahora Bassa Lake) (2007).
Ports and harbors: Beira, Inhambane, Maputo, Nacala,
Pemba, Quelimane. Airports: 147 (2007). |
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