Republic of Mozambique República Popular de Moçambique CAPITAL: Maputo (formerly Lourenço Marques) FLAG: The flag consists of broad stripes of green, black, and yellow, separated by narrow bands of white. Extending from the hoist...

Mozambique POPULATION 19,607,519 AFRICAN INDIGENOUS BELIEFS 49.5 percent CHRISTIAN 30 percent MUSLIM 20 percent HINDU 0.5 percent Country Overview Introduction The Republic of Mozambique lies on the southeastern coast of Africa. It is bordered to the...

Mozambique was a colony of Portugal for more than two hundred years. Following Mozambique's independence from Portugal in the early 1970s, the white minority governments of Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and South Africa, began to fund and direct a...

a scenic country in southeastern Africa. Mozambique is rich in natural resources, is biologically and culturally diverse, and has a tropical climate. Its extensive coastline, fronting the Mozambique Channel, which separates mainland Africa from the...

Mozambique Mozambique experienced almost five centuries as a Portuguese colony before it became independent in 1975. The country has had a difficult time in developing, largely due to economic dependence on South Africa, a severe drought, and a...

Country, southeast coast of Africa. Area: 308,642 sq mi (799,379 sq km). Population (2006 est.): 19,687,000. Capital: Maputo. The great majority of the people are Bantu-speaking Africans. Ethnolinguistic groups include the Makua, Tsonga, Malawi, Shona,...

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique or República de Moçambique, pron. IPA: [ÊÉ'publikÉ dɨ musÉÌ'bikɨ]), is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north,...