Mozambique

Republic of Mozambique República de Moçambique  (Portuguese)
Flag Emblem
Anthem: Pátria Amada  (Portuguese) "Beloved Homeland"
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Capital and largest city	Maputo 25°57′S 32°35′E / 25.950°S 32.583°E / -25.950; 32.583
Official languages	Portuguese
Recognized languages	Swahili Mwani Chewa Tsonga
Religion (2017)[1][2]	56.1% Christianity —28.7% Roman Catholic —27.3% Protestant —0.1% Other Christian 18.0% Islam 17.9% Unaffiliated 7.4% Traditional faiths 0.6% Others
Demonym(s)	Mozambican
Government	Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential constitutional republic[3][4][5]
• President	Filipe Nyusi
• Prime Minister	Adriano Maleiane
Legislature	Assembly of the Republic
Formation
• Portuguese East Africa	1 March 1498
• Independence from Portugal	25 June 1975
• Admitted to the United Nations	16 September 1975
• Mozambique Civil War	1977 - 4 October 1992
• Current Constitution	December 21, 2004
Area
• Total	801,590 km2 (309,500 sq mi) (35th)
• Water (%)	2.2
Population
• 2020 estimate	30,066,648 [6] (48th)
• 2017 census	27,909,798
• Density	28.7/km2 (74.3/sq mi) (178th)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$41.473 billion
• Per capita	$1,331[7]
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$15.372 billion
• Per capita	$493[7]
Gini (2008)	45.7[8] medium
HDI (2018)	0.456[9] low · 181st
Currency	Metical (MZN)
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
Driving side	left
Calling code	+258
ISO 3166 code	MZ
Internet TLD	.mz
Website www.portaldogoverno.gov.mz
Makhuwa, Tsonga, Lomwe, Sena and others.
Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country in southeastern Africa. Its capital is Maputo. There are about 31 million people. In 1975, Mozambique became independent from Portugal. (National Day on 25th June, 1975) The country was named Moçambique by the Portuguese after the Island of Mozambique which was the capital of Portuguese Africa. After independence from Portugal it became the People's Republic of Mozambique. There was a big civil war from 1977 to 1992.

Mozambique has many natural resources. Portugal, Spain, and Belgium are among the country's most important partners. It is the second poorest country in the world. They have the world's lowest life expectancy. In 2012, large natural gas reserves were found in Mozambique. The revenues from the reserves might dramatically change the economy.^[10]

The only official language of Mozambique is Portuguese. About half the people speak it as a second language and very few as a first language. Languages widely spoken natively include Swahili, Makhuwa, and Sena. The largest religion in Mozambique is Christianity. There are also Muslim and African traditional religious minorities.

Mozambique is a member of the African Union, Commonwealth of Nations, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, the Latin Union, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and Southern African Development Community.

1. ↑ http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/mozambique#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year Archived 2022-10-10 at the Wayback Machine = 2010&region_name=All%20Countries&restrictions_year = 2016
2. ↑ "Mozambique Religions - Demographics".
3. ↑ Neto, Octávio Amorim; Lobo, Marina Costa (2010). "Between Constitutional Diffusion and Local Politics: Semi-Presidentialism in Portuguese-Speaking Countries". Social Science Research Network. SSRN 1644026. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. ↑ Shugart, Matthew Søberg (September 2005). "Semi-Presidential Systems: Dual Executive and Mixed Authority Patterns" (PDF). Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. United States: University of California San Diego. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
5. ↑ Shugart, Matthew Søberg (December 2005). "Semi-Presidential Systems: Dual Executive And Mixed Authority Patterns" (PDF). French Politics. 3 (3): 323–351. doi:10.1057/palgrave.fp.8200087. S2CID 73642272. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Of the contemporary cases, only four provide the assembly majority an unrestricted right to vote no confidence, and of these, only two allow the president unrestricted authority to appoint the prime minister. These two, Mozambique and Namibia, as well as the Weimar Republic, thus resemble most closely the structure of authority depicted in the right panel of Figure 3, whereby the dual accountability of the cabinet to both the president and the assembly is maximized.
6. ↑ "Projecções da População — Instituto Nacional de Estatistica". www.ine.gov.mz. Archived from the original on 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". www.imf.org. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
8. ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
9. ↑ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
10. ↑ Alexis Flynn (9 May 2012). "UPDATE: Mozambique Talks To Shell On Developing LNG". WSJ.com. Retrieved 10 May 2012.