Mozambique - Moçambique

Mozambique is a country on the Indian Ocean coast of southern Africa. It is limited by the South Africa South, Tanzania to the north and with Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Essuatini to the west.

Understand

The coast of Mozambique along the Indian Ocean is over 1,000 km long, a fantastic place for divers, fishermen, and beach lovers.

Regions

Cities

• Maputo: the capital.
• Nampula
• Inhambane
• Gaza
• Tete
• Sophala
• Zambezia
• Niassa
• Cabo Delgado
• Manica

Other destinations

• Island of Mozambique
• Bazaruto Archipelago

Understand

The country is a former Portuguese colony, becoming independent in 1975. Although Portuguese has the status of "official language", it is the mother tongue of only 6% of the country's population and 25% of the capital's inhabitants. 60% of the country's population probably knows Portuguese. Since 1995 the country has been part of the Commonwealth of Nations (Commonwealth), linked to the United Kingdom, and English seems to exert more and more influence.

To arrive

• Brazilians need a visa to enter the country. Visas at the Embassy in Brasilia: [1]
• Portuguese also need a visa. Contact the embassy at Lisbon: Avenida de Berna, nº 7 - 1050-036, tel. 351 217613440 or 351 217971994
• Yellow fever vaccine is not mandatory. Tourist visas can be requested at the airport in Mavalane (Maputo) upon arrival.

By airplane

• In Lisbon, by TAP.
• In São Paulo, via Johannesburg, by South African Airways.

By car

the highway Johannesburg-Maputo it is well kept. You do not need an owner's permit to cross the border, as well as car documents. The crossing point is Lebombo/Ressano Garcia. There is another crossing point for 4x4 vehicles between the Kruger National Park (South African) and the Limpopo National Park (Mozambican).

By bus/bus

There are regular bus lines from:

• Malawi, with roads in good condition and several border points;
• South Africa, through the Intercap Mainliner, tel. 27 861 287 287, from Johannesburg to Maputo. Other companies: Greyhound and Translux
• Essuatini, in plates (local word for closed van or truck)
• Tanzania, in pick-ups
• Zambia, via Cassacatiza, northwest of Tete, in plates. The best way to travel to/from Zambia is via Malawi
• Zimbabwe, with a lot of traffic

By train/train

The only train line in the country connects Nampula The cuamba, near the border of Malawi. It has three classes and is usually full. It leaves Mapula between 5 am and 6 am, arriving at its destination in mid-afternoon; from Cuamba you reach the border (Between Lakes) in a plate (van or small truck), from where you can walk 1 km to the Malawi side of the border. The Malawi border closes an hour before the Mozambican border; if you get in the way, there is an inn. From there there is a train to Blantyre with two weekly frequencies.

Circular

By airplane

Traveling by plane within the country is the best option and also the healthiest. At Mozambique Airlines[2] and the Air Corridor[3] operate between the largest cities. A detailed table of domestic flights is available for download in pdf at [4].

Of boat

By car

By bus/bus

By train/train

Speak

According to article 10 of the new Constitution, of 2004, "In the Republic of Mozambique, the Portuguese language is the official language". However, according to the General Census of Population and Housing, carried out in 1997, it is the mother tongue of only 6% of the population, a number that, in the city of Maputo, reaches 25%, despite about 40% of Mozambicans having declared who knew how to speak (in Maputo, 87%).

Article 9 of the Constitution also says: "The State values ​​national languages ​​as cultural and educational heritage and promotes their development and growing use as languages ​​that convey our identity." In Mozambique, several national languages ​​were identified, all from the large family of Bantu languages, the main ones (from south to north): XiTsonga, XiChope, BiTonga, XiSena, XiShona, ciNyungwe, eChuwabo, eMacua, eKoti, eLomwe, ciNyanja, ciYao, XiMaconde and kiMwani.

Thanks to the considerable Asian community living in Mozambique, Urdu and Gujarati are also spoken.

Look

Knife

Buy

• The country's currency has been, since 2006, the Metical Nova Família (or Metical Novo), replacing the old Metical, from which three zeros were removed. Old banknotes remain valid until 2012 in banks. However, many people still refer to old meticals, asking for a million when they mean a thousand new meticals. R$1 is worth approximately MZN 15; one euro is worth 35.40 new meticais. (July/2008)

• There are ATMs in major cities for major credit cards.

• US dollar bills are accepted only for new ones, with the face of very large presidents.

• Main handicrafts:
  • Baskets (straw)
  • Wood carvings (black stick)
  • Ivory objects (bear in mind that ivory is not, for obvious reasons, an ecologically correct material!)
  • Batiques (painted canvas, with African motifs)
  • Beads, beads and coral necklaces and bracelets

With the

• Matapa;
• Peanut curry;
• Xima (dough made with corn flour);
• Good (cassava leaf or pumpkin);
• Nhangana (cassava leaf or pumpkin);
• Cashew nut (fresh).
• xiguinha (cassava, peanuts and coconut)

drink and go out

• coconut water;
• xindheri (cane spirit)

sleep

• , Rua da Sé, 114 PO Box 4376 - Maputo, ☎ 55 (21) 254 86 332, fax: ( 258) 21 305 305FORMATNOCC, email: [email protected]. 

Learn

• Eduardo Mondlane University, [5] it is the largest and oldest university in the country.

Work

• It is quite interesting to teach Portuguese in Maputo or even in smaller cities.

Safety

• The country has the same problems of violence as other countries. Women should not walk alone (at night) on the beach, or in isolated places. Inquire at the hotels in the most appropriate places.
• Mozambican people are warm and kind, and you are likely to encounter less danger than in neighboring countries.

Health

• Preferably drink mineral water. Tap water does not undergo all types of treatment. A good option is to order a very cold coconut and use the water to add it to drinks.
• Take a good look at what you are going to eat and the local hygiene conditions.
• Use lots of repellent and mosquito nets due to malaria.
• Get all the vaccines you can. Against yellow fever is mandatory.
• HIV/AIDS is an epidemic. Never have unprotected sex.
• Private clinics in Maputo: Sommerschield, tel.: 21 49-3924; sudoise, tel.: 21 49-2922.

Stay in touch

• Brazilian Embassy in Maputo, Av. Kenneth Kaunda, 296, C.P. 1167, tel. (00258) 214 848 00, fax (258) 214 848 06/07, e-mail: [email protected]

• Embassy of Portugal in Maputo, Av. Julius Nyerere, nº 720 / 730, tel. (00258) 214 903 16 / 19 / 22, Fax: (00258) 214 911 72 / 976 96, email: [email protected], Mon-Fri from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm

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