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Today's Featured Country
Mozambique
Africa
sovereign
MZ
Key Facts
Capital
Maputo
Population
34,206,144 (2025 est.)
Area
799,380 sq km
Climate
tropical to subtropical
Languages
Makhuwa 26.1%, Portuguese (official) 16.6%, Tsonga 8.6%, Nyanja 8.1, Sena 7.1%, Lomwe 7.1%, Chuwabo 4.7%, Ndau 3.8%, Tswa 3.8%, other Mozambican langu...
Currency
Mozambican metical (MZN) [MT]
Government type
presidential republic
Life expectancy at birth
58.3 years (2024 est.)
Religions
Catholic 27.3%, Islam 19.1%, Pentecostal 16.7%, Saio/Zione 16.3%, no religion 13.5%, other 4.3%, Anglican 1.7%, unknown 1.2% (2017 est.)
Independence
25 June 1975 (from Portugal)
Natural resources
coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite
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Mozambique's Country name: named for an offshore island; the island was named after Mussa bin BIQUE (or Mussa Ibn MALIK), an influential Arab slave trader who set himself up as sultan on the island in the 15th century
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