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Mozambique

Mozambique Finally, this beautiful country in the southeastern africa, with coastline to the indian ocean is recovering from a past with colonialism and war, and you will now be able to explore a charming city like Maputo, mountains or at the tip you can find Ponta d'Ouro, the most beautiful beaches, great marine life and coral formations.

Area: 812.593 Km²
Population: 19.371.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 24 pop/Km²

System of government: Presidential Republic
Capital: Maputo (2.212.000 pop.)
Major cities: Beira 350.000 pop., Nampula 250.000 pop., Quelimane 230.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Makua 47%, Tonga 23%, Sena 11%
Border countries: Tanzania NORTH, Malawi NORTH and WEST, Zambia NORTH-WEST, Zimbabwe WEST, South Africa and Swaziland SOUTH-WEST

Principal mountains: Mount Binga 2439 m
Principal rivers: Rovuma 1000 Km, Zambezi 850 Km (mozambican tract, total 2736 Km)
Principal lakes: Lake Malawi (or Nyasa) 5100 Km² (mozambican part, total 30.800 Km²), Cahora Bassa 2800 Km²
Principal islands: Angoche, Inhaca
Climate: Tropical

Language: Portuguese (official), Swahili and other bantu dialects
Religion: Indigenous Beliefs 60%, Christian 30%, Muslim 10%
Currency: Metical (MZM)

Fixed public holidays: 1/1, 3/2, 7/4, 1/5, 25/6, 7/9, 25/9, 25/12
Dialling code: 00258
GMT: +2

World Heritage List:

• Island of Mozambique (1991)

All state

Algeria	Angola	Benin
Botswana	Burkina Faso	Burundi
Cameroon	Cape Verde	Central African Republic
Chad	Comoros	Congo
Congo, Democratic Rep	Cote d Ivoire	Djibouti
Egypt	Equatorial Guinea	Eritrea
Ethiopia	Gabon	Gambia
Ghana	Guinea	Guinea Bissau
Kenya	Lesotho	Liberia
Libya	Madagascar	Malawi
Mali	Mauritania	Mauritius
Morocco	Mozambique	Namibia
Niger	Nigeria	Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe	Senegal	Seychelles
Sierra Leone	Somalia	South Africa
Sudan	Swaziland	Tanzania
Togo	Tunisia	Uganda
Zambia	Zimbabwe