Mozambique
35°00′E / 18.250°S 35.000°E / -18.250; 35.000
Mozambique, offeecially the Republic o Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique or República de Moçambique, pronounced: [ʁɛˈpublikɐ di musɐ̃ˈbiki]), is a kintra in sootheastren Africae mairchin wi the Indian Ocean eastle, Tanzanie northle, Malawi an Zambie northwastle, Zimbabwe wastle an Swaziland an Sooth Africae soothwastle.
Republic o Mozambique
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 Location o Mozambique (daurk blue) in the African Union (licht blue) | |
| Caipital | Maputo 25°57′S 32°35′E / 25.950°S 32.583°E |
| Lairgest ceety | capital |
| Offeecial leids | Portuguese |
| Demonym(s) | Mozambican |
| Govrenment | Unitar semi-presidential republic |
• Preses | Filipe Nyusi |
• Prime Meenister | Carlos Agostinho do Rosário |
| Legislatur | Assembly o the Republic |
| Unthirldom | |
• frae Portugal | 25 Juin 1975 |
• Current constitution | 30 November 1990 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 801,590 km2 (309,500 sq mi) (35t) |
• Water (%) | 2.2 |
| Population | |
• 2014 estimate | 24,692,144 (50t) |
• 2007 census | 21,397,000 (52nt) |
• Density | 28.7/km2 (74.3/sq mi) (178t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $37.321 billion |
• Per capita | $1,263 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $11.170 billion |
• Per capita | $378 |
| Gini (2008) | 45.7 medium |
| HDI (2015) |  0.418law · 181st |
| Currency | Mozambican metical (MZN) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| Drivin side | caur |
| Cawin code | +258 |
| ISO 3166 code | MZ |
| Internet TLD | .mz |
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Estimates for this kintra explicitly tak intae accoont the effects o excess mortality due tae AIDS; this can hae the eftercast o a lawer life expectancy, heicher infant mortality an daith rates, lawer population an growthe rates, an cheenges in the distribution o population bi age an sex than wad itherwise be expectit. | |
The aurie wis reenged bi Vasco da Gama in 1498 an colonised bi Portugal in 1505. Mozambique became unthirlt in 1975, an became the Fowkrepublic o Mozambique shortly efter. It wis the scene o an odious ceevil war lastin frae 1977 tae 1992. The kintra wis named Moçambique bi the Portuguese efter the Island o Mozambique, derived frae Musa Al Big or Mossa Al Bique or Mussa Ben Mbiki, an Arab trader wha first veesitit the island an efter bidit thare.
Mozambique is a member o the Commonweel o Naitions, the Community o Portuguese Leid Kintras an a observer o the Francophonie.
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