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Mozambique
republic, sovereign state, country
Part ofEast Africa, Portuguese-speaking African countries Edit
Year dem found am25 June 1975 Edit
Official nameRepública de Moçambique Edit
Native labelRepública de Moçambique Edit
Short name🇲🇿 Edit
Ethnic groupAfrican people, European people, White Africans of European ancestry, Indians in Mozambique Edit
Dem name afterIsland of Mozambique Edit
Official languagePortuguese Edit
AnthemPátria Amada Edit
Cultureculture of Mozambique Edit
Motto textCome to where it all started, Dewch i'r fan lle cychwynwyd y cyfan Edit
ContinentAfrica Edit
CountryMozambique Edit
CapitalMaputo Edit
Located in time zoneUTC+02:00, Africa/Maputo Edit
Located in/on physical featureSouthern Africa Edit
Coordinate location19°0′0″S 35°0′0″E Edit
Coordinates of easternmost point14°24′52″S 40°48′10″E Edit
Coordinates of northernmost point10°28′12″S 40°27′0″E Edit
Coordinates of southernmost point26°51′39″S 32°11′1″E Edit
Coordinates of westernmost point14°59′58″S 30°13′1″E Edit
Highest pointMonte Binga Edit
Lowest pointMozambique Channel Edit
Office held by head of statePresident of Mozambique Edit
State ein headFilipe Nyusi Edit
Office head of government holdPrime Minister of Mozambique Edit
Government ein headAdriano Maleiane Edit
Executive bodygovernment of Mozambique Edit
Legislative bodyAssembly of the Republic Edit
Highest judicial authoritySupreme Court of Mozambique Edit
Central bankBank of Mozambique Edit
CurrencyMozambican metical Edit
Demma headquarters locationMaputo Edit
Driving sideleft Edit
Electrical plug typeEuroplug, Schuko, BS 546 Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.portaldogoverno.gov.mz/ Edit
URLhttps://teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8136/tde-05082016-155420/publico/2016_JoaquimMirandaMaloa_VCorr.pdf Edit
HashtagMozambique Edit
Top-level Internet domain.mz Edit
Flagflag of Mozambique Edit
Coat of armsEmblem of Mozambique Edit
Geography of topicgeography of Mozambique Edit
Get characteristicpartly free country Edit
History of topichistory of Mozambique Edit
Railway traffic sideleft Edit
Economy of topiceconomy of Mozambique Edit
Demographics of topicdemographics of Mozambique Edit
Mobile country code643 Edit
Country calling code+258 Edit
Trunk prefixno value Edit
Emergency phone number119, 117, 198 Edit
Licence plate codeMOC Edit
Maritime identification digits650 Edit
Unicode character🇲🇿 Edit
Category for maps or plansCategory:Maps of Mozambique Edit
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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,[1] 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[2] wey na he still dey alive wen Vasco da Gama call at de island insyd 1498.[3] 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
 Map of Mozambique with the province highlighted

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,[4] 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.[5] Roughly 45,000 people of Indian descent dey reside insyd Mozambique.[6]

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.[7] Additionally, around 50% of Maputo dey speak Portuguese as a native language.[8]

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

References

  1. ↑ "Glottolog 4.7 – Languages of Mozambique". glottolog.org. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. ↑ History. ilhademo.net
  3. ↑ M. D. D. Newitt (1972). "The Early History of the Sultanate of Angoche". The Journal of African History. 13 (3). Cambridge University Press: 398. doi:10.1017/S0021853700011713. JSTOR 180586. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ This article incorporates public domain material from "Mozambique". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). CIA. Retrieved 22 May 2007. (Archived 2007 edition.)
  6. ↑ Singhvi, L. M. (2000). "Other Countries of Africa" (PDF). Report of the High Level Committee on the Indian Diaspora. New Delhi: Ministry of External Affairs. p. 94. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "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
  8. ↑ Reite, Torun (February 2020). "Language and spatiality in urban Mozambique: Ex-colonial language spread "from below"". www.researchgate.net/. Retrieved August 11, 2024.

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

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