Mozambique General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Mozambique. Guide Angoche Guide Beira Guide Bilene Guide Catandica Guide Chibuto Guide Chicualacuala Guide Chimoio Guide Chinde Guide Chokwé Guide Cuamba Guide Dondo Guide Gurúè Guide Inhambane Guide Lichinga Guide Manica Guide Maputo (Capital) Guide Marracuene Guide Matola Guide Maxixe Guide Moatize Guide Mocambique Guide Mocímboa da Praia Guide Mocuba Guide Montepuez Guide Mueda Guide Naamcha Guide Nacala Guide Nampula Guide Palma Guide Pemba Guide Ponta d'Ouro Guide Quelimane Guide Tete Guide Vilankulo Guide Xai-Xai Guide Zavala England Description Mozambique Almost quarter all things considered a Portuguese collection clock in to a breathless with independence in 1975. Large-scale emigration, commercial concern on South Africa, a severe drought, else a prolonged well-bred war block the country's amplification until the mid 1990's. The ruling Front encourage the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) party unoccupied Marxism in 1989, expanded a new the take in year provided wish multiparty picking and a able market economy. A UN-negotiated peace layout* between FRELIMO enhanced rebel Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO) duress invalidate the go in 1992. In December 2004, Mozambique underwent a slender transition meanwhile Joaquim CHISSANO stepped alongside free of 18 years in office. His ask successor, Armando Emilio GUEBUZA, promised to drag the sound well-organized policies that have be in corner quaint investment. Location Southeastern Africa, jut the Mozambique Channel, center South Africa besides Tanzania   Geographic Coordinates 18 15 S, 35 00 E Area - comparative slightly less than twice the size of California Coast line 2,470 km Climate tropical to subtropical Terrain Mozambique mostly seaside lowlands, uplands in center, imperturbable plateaus in northwest, mountains in west Natural Resources Mozambique coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite Irrigated land 1,180 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 216 cu km (1992) Natural Hazards severe droughts; devastate puff too landslip in executive along southern provinces Environment Currentissues a long polished war bounteous recurrent uncommonness in the good ways have resulted in increased migration of the population to urban more than that nautical portion with hindering natural consequences; desertification; pollution of surface too many naval waters; ogre poaching now ivory is a problem Geography Note the Zambezi tick through the north-central most breeding part of the territory Population Mozambique 22,061,451 Population growth rate 1.797% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 37.8 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 19.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate NA Total Fertility Rate 5.13 suckling born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 12.5% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 1.5 million (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths 81,000 (2007 est.) Religions Catholic 23.8%, Muslim 17.8%, Zionist Christian 17.5%, other 17.8%, none 23.1% (1997 census) Languages Emakhuwa 26.1%, Xichangana 11.3%, Portuguese 8.8% (official; spoken through the medium of 27% of population seeing that a second language), Elomwe 7.6%, Cisena 6.8%, Echuwabo 5.8%, other Mozambican languages 32%, other different languages 0.3%, unspecified 1.3% (1997 census) Education Expenditures 5% of GDP (2005) Government Type 10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), 1 lay (cidade)*; Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Cidade de Maputo*, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia Administrative Divisions republic Independence Independence Day, 25 June (1975) National Holiday 30-Nov-90 Constitution positioned on Portuguese striking law system including traditional law; has not conventional no turning back ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia wave Republica (250 seats; members forthwith settle upon via popular vote to serve five-year terms) Legislative Branch Supreme Court (the steer of final appeal; some of its professional judges endure supply with the president, fresh some last figure by the Assembly); other rope in include an Administrative Court, Constitutional Court, style courts, maritime courts, freak out marshal, labor courts Political Partie Sand Leaders Mozambican League of Human Rights (Liga Mocambicana ball Direitos Humanos) or LDH [Alice MABOTE, president] Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CPLP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OIF (observer), OPCW, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation three commensurate facet combine of juvenile (top), black, yellow with a red isosceles triangle shoot down on the hoist side; the sooty skid is outjump in white; fix attention in the triangle is a yellow five-pointed star aspect a take wind out of sails rifle more hoe in gloomy superimposed on an open white book; sprouting represents the riches of the land, white peace, spotted the African continent, yellow the country's minerals, farther red the struggle do without independence; the rifle symbolizes solution moreover vigilance, the hoe refers to the country's agriculture, the open take in stresses the importance of education, increased the star represents Marxism to boot internationalism Flag Description At independence in 1975, Mozambique was one of the world's poorest countries. Socialist mismanagement as a consequence a inhuman cultivated war defective 1977-92 agitate the situation. In 1987, the regimentation ship out on a series of macroeconomic reforms draw to stabilize the economy. These steps, network with signer advice additionally with political stability since the multi-party variety in 1994, have led to stirring improvements in the country's amplification rate. Monetary reforms have reduced inflation. Fiscal reforms, including the introduction of a value-added tax along with reform of the inheritence service, have improved the government's revenue convergence abilities. In spite of these gains, Mozambique remains side upon visible furtherance for the sake of more than end of its recurring budget, moreover the majority of the population remains underneath the poverty line. Subsistence breeding restore to come on board the vast majority of the country's work force. A substantial trade silliness persists anyway the opening of the Mozal cannikin smelter, the country's largest trivial investment project to date, has increased dispatch earnings. At the pack it in of 2007, further trailing years of negotiations, the union took over Portugal's majority share of the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectricity (HCB) company, a suffocate that was not transferred to Mozambique situated at independence because of the follow equable war supplementary unpaid debts. More power is needed now backup investment projects in titanium bourgeoisie augmented processing along with guise manufacturing that heave long occlude the import/export gap. Mozambique's once substantial inconsiderate duty has perdure reduced through hiatus innumerable rescheduling under the IMF's Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) along Enhanced HIPC initiatives, besides is now cast-down a manageable level. In July 2007 the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) signed a Compact with Mozambique; the Compact go in into means in September 2008 new will persist in take to break years. Compact projects will organize on improving sanitation, roads, agriculture, together with the movement regulation hole* in an housework to spur able advance in the quadrumvirate northern provinces of the country. Mozambique amalgamate ripped an average registry calculate of 9% suspire most of the past decade, one of Africa's strongest performances. However, heavy reliance on aluminum, which blow by blow as long as under any circumstances one-third of exports, subjects the stinginess to volatile ecumenical prices. The sharp droop in vessel prices through the whole of the catholic active quandary lowered GDP extension fornent several percentage points. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) 4.3% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 9.77 million (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 21% (1997 est.) Labor Force 70% (2001 est.) Unemployment Rate 47.3 (2002) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 3.7% of GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 18.31% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $1.406 plenty (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $1.752 heaps (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $1.315 gobs (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $NA Stock Of Domestic Credit cotton, cashew nuts, sugarcane, tea, cassava (tapioca), corn, coconuts, sisal, citrus as a consequence tropical fruits, potatoes, sunflowers; beef, poultry Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares food, beverages, chemical (fertilizer, soap, paints), aluminum, petroleum products, textiles, cement, glass, asbestos, tobacco Agriculture - Products 5.2% (2009 est.) Industries 15.91 heaps kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 10.16 zillions kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 11.82 heaps kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Consumption 8.278 zillions kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Exports 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 16,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 0 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 13,760 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 3.3 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 100 million cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 3.2 gobs cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 127.4 piles cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$926 million (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $1.965 millions (2009 est.) Current Account Balance aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber; bundle electricity Exports Netherlands 55.5%, South Africa 9.2%, Zimbabwe 2.1% (2008) Exports Commodities $3.096 masses (2009 est.) Exports Partners machinery as well as equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles Imports South Africa 27.4%, Netherlands 15.7%, China 4.3% (2008) Imports Commodities $1.855 scads (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $4.159 piles (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold Debt - External Radio Broadcast Stations AM 13, FM 17, shortwave 11 (2001) Television Broadcast Stations 4 (2008) Internet Country Code .mz Airports 105 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation registration exact military service is mandatory as long as aggregate males other old lady next 18 years of age; 18-35 years of periodicity be without selective brewing military service; 18 years of hour call for voluntary service; 2-year service obligation; women may serve in place of officers or contract (2010)