Mozambique - Mozambik

Mozambique
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Main information
Capital city	Maputo
Political system	republic
Currency	metical
Surface	801 590
Population	21 000 000
Tongue	Portuguese
religion	Protestantism, Catholicism, Animism, Islam
Code	258
Internet domain	.mz
Time zone	UTC 2
Time zone	UTC 2

Mozambique - a country located in the south-east Africa. It borders with South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia. A Portuguese colony for several centuries, and in 1975 it gained independence.

Characteristic

Geography

Climate

History

Policy

Economy

Drive

By car

By plane

The largest airport in Mozambique is the international airport of Maputo.

By ship

Regions

Mozambique is divided into 10 provinces and the city of Maputo. They, in turn, are divided into districts.

Provinces and their capitals:

   Cabo Delgado - Pemba Gaza - Xai-Xai Inhambane - Inhambane Manica - Chimoio Maputo (capital city) Maputo - Matola Nampula - Nampula Niasa - Lichinga Sofala - Beira Tete - Tete Zambézia - Quelimane

Cities

According to official data from 2007, Mozambique had over 90 cities with a population of over 2,000. residents. The capital city of Maputo was the only city with over a million inhabitants; 1 city with a population of 500 ÷ 1000 thousand; 12 cities with a population of 100,000 ÷ 500,000; 8 cities with a population of 50,000 ÷ 100,000; 19 cities with a population of 25,000 ÷ 50,000 and the rest of the cities below 25,000 residents.

• Maputo
• Beira
• Matola
• Nampula
• Chimoio
• Quelimane
• Tete

The largest cities in Mozambique according to the number of inhabitants (as of September 16, 2007):

L.p. City Province Population

1. Maputo Maputo 1 094 628

2. Matola Maputo 671 556

3. Nampula Nampula 471 717

4. Beira Sofala 431 583

5. Chimoio Manica 237 497

6. Nacala Nampula 206 449

7. Quelimane Zambezia 193 343

8. Mocuba Zambezia 168 736

9. Tete Tete 155 870

10. Gurúè Zambezia 145 466

Interesting places

Transport

Tongue

The official language is Portuguese.

Shopping

Gastronomy

Accommodation

Security

Health

contact

Diplomatic representations

Diplomatic missions accredited in Mozambique

No post - country served by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria (South Africa).

Diplomatic representations accredited in Poland

Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique in Berlin

Stromstraße 47

10551 Berlin

Phone: 49 30 398 765 00

Fax: 49 30 398 765 03

Web page: http://www.embassy-of-mozambique.de/

E-mail: [email protected]