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Geographical TypeLocality
Population23528
CountryMozambique
Dictionary Results for Mozambique:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Mozambique
    n 1: a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the
         Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in
         1975 [syn: Mozambique, Republic of Mozambique,
         Mocambique]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Mozambique

   Introduction Mozambique
   -----------------------
                            Background: Almost five centuries as a
                                        Portuguese colony came to a close
                                        with independence in 1975. Large-
                                        scale emigration by whites, economic
                                        dependence on South Africa, a severe
                                        drought, and a prolonged civil war
                                        hindered the country's development.
                                        The ruling party formally abandoned
                                        Marxism in 1989, and a new
                                        constitution the following year
                                        provided for multiparty elections
                                        and a free market economy. A UN-
                                        negotiated peace agreement with
                                        rebel forces ended the fighting in
                                        1992.
  
   Geography Mozambique
   --------------------
                              Location: Southern Africa, bordering the
                                        Mozambique Channel, between South
                                        Africa and Tanzania
                Geographic coordinates: 18 15 S, 35 00 E
                        Map references: Africa
                                  Area: total: 801,590 sq km
                                        water: 17,500 sq km
                                        land: 784,090 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly less than twice the size of
                                        California
                       Land boundaries: total: 4,571 km
                                        border countries: Malawi 1,569 km,
                                        South Africa 491 km, Swaziland 105
                                        km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km,
                                        Zimbabwe 1,231 km
                             Coastline: 2,470 km
                       Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: tropical to subtropical
                               Terrain: mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in
                                        center, high plateaus in northwest,
                                        mountains in west
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m
                     Natural resources: coal, titanium, natural gas,
                                        hydropower, tantalum, graphite
                              Land use: arable land: 3.98%
                                        permanent crops: 0.29%
                                        other: 95.73% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 1,070 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: severe droughts; devastating
                                        cyclones and floods occur in central
                                        and southern provinces
          Environment - current issues: a long civil war and recurrent
                                        drought in the hinterlands have
                                        resulted in increased migration of
                                        the population to urban and coastal
                                        areas with adverse environmental
                                        consequences; desertification;
                                        pollution of surface and coastal
                                        waters; elephant poaching for ivory
                                        is a problem
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of
                                        the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: the Zambezi flows through the north-
                                        central and most fertile part of the
                                        country
  
   People Mozambique
   -----------------
                            Population: 19,607,519
                                        note: 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; the 1997 Mozambican census
                                        reported a population of 16,099,246
                                        (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 42.5% (male 4,162,413;
                                        female 4,176,295)
                                        15-64 years: 54.7% (male 5,313,511;
                                        female 5,407,052)
                                        65 years and over: 2.8% (male
                                        227,761; female 320,487) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 1.13% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 36.41 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 25.13 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.98 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 138.55 deaths/1,000 live births
                                        (2002 est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 35.46 years
                                        female: 34.65 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 36.25 years
                  Total fertility rate: 4.71 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 12.6 to 16.4%, estimates vary (2001)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 1,546,643 (2001)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 114,111 (2001 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Mozambican(s)
                                        adjective: Mozambican
                         Ethnic groups: indigenous tribal groups 99.66%
                                        (Shangaan, Chokwe, Manyika, Sena,
                                        Makua, and others), Europeans 0.06%,
                                        Euro-Africans 0.2%, Indians 0.08%
                             Religions: indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian
                                        30%, Muslim 20%
                             Languages: Portuguese (official), indigenous
                                        dialects
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 42.3%
                                        male: 58.4%
                                        female: 27% (1998 est.)
  
   Government Mozambique
   ---------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Republic of
                                        Mozambique
                                        conventional short form: Mozambique
                                        local short form: Mocambique
                                        former: Portuguese East Africa
                                        local long form: Republica de
                                        Mocambique
                       Government type: republic
                               Capital: Maputo
              Administrative divisions: 10 provinces (provincias, singular -
                                        provincia), 1 city*; Cabo Delgado,
                                        Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo,
                                        Maputo City*, Nampula, Niassa,
                                        Sofala, Tete, Zambezia
                          Independence: 25 June 1975 (from Portugal)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 25 June (1975)
                          Constitution: 30 November 1990
                          Legal system: based on Portuguese civil law system
                                        and customary law
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Joaquim
                                        Alberto CHISSANO (since 6 November
                                        1986); note - before being popularly
                                        elected, CHISSANO was elected
                                        president by Frelimo's Central
                                        Committee on 4 November 1986
                                        (reelected by the Committee 30 July
                                        1989)
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Pascoal MOCUMBI (since 17 December
                                        1994)
                                        cabinet: Cabinet
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        popular vote for a five-year term;
                                        election last held 3-5 December 1999
                                        (next to be held NA 2004); prime
                                        minister appointed by the president
                                        election results: Joaquim Alberto
                                        CHISSANO reelected president;
                                        percent of vote - Joaquim Alberto
                                        CHISSANO 52.29%, Afonso DHLAKAMA
                                        47.71%
                    Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the Republic
                                        or Assembleia da Republica (250
                                        seats; members are directly elected
                                        by popular vote on a secret ballot
                                        to serve five-year terms)
                                        elections: last held 3-5 December
                                        1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - Frelimo 48.54%, Renamo-UE
                                        38.81%; seats by party - Frelimo
                                        133, Renamo-UE 117
                                        note: Renamo-UE ran as a multiparty
                                        coalition; none of the other
                                        opposition parties received the 5%
                                        required to win parliamentary seats;
                                        in September 2000, Renamo-UE member
                                        Raul DOMINGOS was expelled from the
                                        party, he continues to hold his
                                        parliamentary seat as an independent
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court (the court of final
                                        appeal; some of its professional
                                        judges are appointed by the
                                        president and some are elected by
                                        the Assembly); other courts include
                                        an Administrative Court, customs
                                        courts, maritime courts, courts
                                        marshal, labor courts
                                        note: although the constitution
                                        provides for the creation of a
                                        separate Constitutional Court, one
                                        has never been established; in its
                                        absence the Supreme Court reviews
                                        constitutional cases
         Political parties and leaders: Front for the Liberation of
                                        Mozambique (Frente de Liberatacao de
                                        Mocambique) or Frelimo [Joaquim
                                        Alberto CHISSANO, president];
                                        Mozambique National Resistance-
                                        Electoral Union (Resistencia
                                        Nacional Mocambicana-Uniao
                                        Eleitoral) or Renamo-UE [Afonso
                                        DHLAKAMA, president]
          Political pressure groups and Institute for Peace and Democracy
                               leaders: (Instituto para Paz e Democracia) or
                                        IPADE [Raul DOMINGOS, president];
                                        Etica [Abdul CARIMO Issa, chairman];
                                        Movement for Peace and Citizenship
                                        (Movimento para Paz e Cidadania);
                                        Mozambican League of Human Rights
                                        (Liga Mocambicana dos Direitos
                                        Humanos) or LDH [Alice MABOTE,
                                        president]; Human Rights and
                                        Development (Direitos Humanos e
                                        Desenvolvimento) or DHD [Artemisia
                                        FRANCO, secretary general]
             International organization ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77,
                         participation: IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB,
                                        IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF,
                                        IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer),
                                        ISO (correspondent), ITU, MONUC,
                                        NAM, OAU, OIC, OPCW, SADC, UN,
                                        UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO,
                                        UNTAET, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
                                        WToO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Armando
                                        RANGUENE
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 835-0245
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 293-7146
                                        chancery: Suite 570, 1990 M Street
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20036
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Sharon
                                    US: P. WILKINSON
                                        embassy: Avenida Kenneth Kuanda 193,
                                        Maputo
                                        mailing address: P. O. Box 783,
                                        Maputo
                                        telephone: [258] (1) 492797
                                        FAX: [258] (1) 490448
                      Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of
                                        green (top), black, and yellow with
                                        a red isosceles triangle based on
                                        the hoist side; the black band is
                                        edged in white; centered in the
                                        triangle is a yellow five-pointed
                                        star bearing a crossed rifle and hoe
                                        in black superimposed on an open
                                        white book
  
   Economy Mozambique
   ------------------
                    Economy - overview: At independence in 1975, Mozambique
                                        was one of the world's poorest
                                        countries. Socialist mismanagement
                                        and a brutal civil war from 1977-92
                                        exacerbated the situation. In 1988,
                                        the government embarked on a series
                                        of dramatic macroeconomic reforms
                                        designed to stabilize the economy
                                        and reduce government participation.
                                        These steps combined with the
                                        political stability that has
                                        prevailed since the 1994 multi-party
                                        elections have led to dramatic
                                        improvements in the country's growth
                                        rate fueled by foreign and domestic
                                        investments and donor assistance.
                                        Inflation was brought to single
                                        digits during the same period,
                                        although it has returned to double
                                        digits in 2000 and 2001. Foreign
                                        exchange rates have remained
                                        relatively stable. Fiscal reforms,
                                        including the introduction of a
                                        value-added tax and reform of the
                                        customs service, have improved the
                                        government's revenue collection
                                        abilities. In spite of these gains,
                                        Mozambique remains dependent upon
                                        foreign assistance for much of its
                                        annual budget, and the majority of
                                        the population remains below the
                                        poverty line. Subsistence
                                        agriculture continues to employ the
                                        vast majority of the country's
                                        workforce. A substantial trade
                                        imbalance persists, although it has
                                        diminished with the opening of the
                                        MOZAL aluminum smelter, the
                                        country's largest foreign investment
                                        project. Additional investment
                                        projects in titanium extraction/
                                        processing and garment manufacturing
                                        should further close the import/
                                        export gap. Mozambique's once
                                        substantial foreign debt has been
                                        reduced through forgiveness and
                                        rescheduling under the IMF's Heavily
                                        Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) and
                                        Enhanced HIPC initiatives, and is
                                        now at a manageable level.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $17.5
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 9.2% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $900 (2001
                                        est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 33%
                                        industry: 25%
                                        services: 42% (2000 est.)
         Population below poverty line: 70% (2001 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 2.5%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 31.7% (1996-97)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 39.6 (1996-97)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 10% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 7.4 million (1997 est.)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 81%, industry 6%,
                                        services 13% (1997 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 21% (1997 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $393.1 million
                                        expenditures: $1.025 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $479.4 million (2001 est.)
                            Industries: food, beverages, chemicals
                                        (fertilizer, soap, paints),
                                        petroleum products, textiles,
                                        cement, glass, asbestos, tobacco
     Industrial production growth rate: 3.4% (2000)
              Electricity - production: 7.017 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 3.56%
                                        hydro: 96.44%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 925.81 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 5.7 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 100 million kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: cotton, cashew nuts, sugarcane, tea,
                                        cassava (tapioca), corn, coconuts,
                                        sisal, citrus and tropical fruits,
                                        potatoes, sunflowers; beef, poultry
                               Exports: $746 million (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: prawns 40%, cashews, cotton, sugar,
                                        citrus, timber; bulk electricity
                                        (2000)
                    Exports - partners: South Africa 12.7%, Zimbabwe 12.2%,
                                        Spain 10.6%, Portugal 10.0% (2000)
                               Imports: $1.254 billion (c.i.f., 2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, mineral
                                        products, chemicals, metals,
                                        foodstuffs, textiles (2000)
                    Imports - partners: South Africa 33.5%, Portugal 4.8%,
                                        US 4.2%, Australia 3.8% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $1 billion (2001 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $632.8 million (2001)
                              Currency: metical (MZM)
                         Currency code: MZM
                        Exchange rates: meticais per US dollar - 23,314.2
                                        (January 2002), 20,703.6 (2001),
                                        15,447.1 (2000), 13,028.6 (1999),
                                        12,110.2 (1998), 11,772.6 (1997)
                                        note: effective October 2000, the
                                        exchange rate is determined as the
                                        weighted average of buying and
                                        selling exchange rates of all
                                        transactions of commercial banks and
                                        stock exchanges with the public;
                                        meticais is the plural form of
                                        metical
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Mozambique
   -------------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 90,000 (December 2001)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 100,000 (June 2001)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: fair system but
                                        not available generally (telephone
                                        density is only 3.5 telephones for
                                        each 1,000 persons)
                                        domestic: the system consists of
                                        open-wire lines and trunk connection
                                        by microwave radio relay and
                                        tropospheric scatter
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 5 Intelsat (2 Atlantic
                                        Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 13, FM 17, shortwave 11 (2001)
                                Radios: 730,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 1 (2001)
                           Televisions: 67,600 (2000)
                 Internet country code: .mz
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 11 (2002)
                        Internet users: 22,500 (2000)
  
   Transportation Mozambique
   -------------------------
                              Railways: total: 3,131 km
                                        narrow gauge: 2,988 km 1.067-
                                        m gauge; 143 km 0.762-m gauge (2001)
                              Highways: total: 30,400 km
                                        paved: 5,685 km
                                        unpaved: 24,715 km (1996)
                             Waterways: 3,750 km (navigable routes)
                             Pipelines: crude oil 306 km; petroleum products
                                        289 km
                                        note: not operating
                     Ports and harbors: Beira, Inhambane, Maputo, Nacala,
                                        Pemba, Quelimane
                       Merchant marine: total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 4,125 GRT/7,024 DWT
                                        ships by type: cargo 3
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Belgium 2 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 166 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 22
                                        over 3,047 m: 1
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 3
                                        under 914 m: 5 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 144
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 37
                                        under 914 m: 90 (2001)
  
   Military Mozambique
   -------------------
                       Military branches: Army, Naval Command, Air and Air
                                          Defense Forces, Special Forces,
                                          Militia
        Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 4,711,318 (2002
                                          est.)
     Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 2,720,583 (2002
                                 service: est.)
           Military expenditures - dollar $35.1 million (2000 est.)
                                  figure:
       Military expenditures - percent of 1% (2000 est.)
                                     GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Mozambique
   -------------------------------
              Disputes - international: none
                         Illicit drugs: Southern African transit point for
                                        South Asian hashish, South Asian
                                        heroin, and South American cocaine
                                        probably destined for the European
                                        and South African markets; producer
                                        of cannabis (for local consumption)
                                        and methaqualone (for export to
                                        South Africa)
  
                                       



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