 Trade in Mozambique, Maputo
Foreign Trade and Business in Mozambique (Maputo), East Africa
Mozambique (Republica de Moçambique in Portuguese) is an
East African
country
- Maputo is the economic, political and administrative capital of Mozambique and the largest Mozambican city
- Largest cities of Mozambique: Maputo, Beira, Nampula, Tete, Quelimane, Chimoio, Pemba, Inhambane, Xai-Xai and Lichinga.
- Mozambique is one of the most dynamic African markets
- Main economic activity in Mozambique: agriculture
- Mozambican agriculture sector: 70% of the population
- Tourism sector is also expanding
- Main mineral resources: titanium, graphite, carbon, aluminium,
beryllium and tantalum
- Mozambique is the second African aluminium producer after South
Africa
- In 2012, large natural gas reserves were discovered in
Mozambique
- This could make Mozambique one of the largest
liquefied natural gas producers in the world.
-
South Africa is the Mozambican main trading partner
- More than 1,200 public companies have been privatised
- Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world
- Mozambique share borders with South Africa (491 kilometres), Malawi (Blantyre, Mzuzu and Lilongwe),
Eswatini (Swaziland),
Tanzania,
Zambia and
Zimbabwe
- Mozambique is separated from Madagascar by the Mozambique
Channel to the
east.
More information: Business in Mozambique, at EENI Training Portal.

- Mozambican population: 29 million people
- Mozambican Population density: 28.7 inhabitants / square kilometres
- Mozambique has a tropical climate with two seasons
- Area of Mozambique: 801,590 square kilometres
- Most important river: Zambezi
- Mozambique has four lakes: Lake Niassa (or
Malawi), Lake Chiuta, Lake Cahora
Bassa and Lake Shirwa

- Mozambique is a unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
- Mozambique obtained its Independence from Portugal in 1975 (History of Mozambique)
- Calling code of Mozambique: 258
- Country code top-level domain of Mozambique: .mz
- Currency of Mozambique: Metical (gold bracelet)
Transport and Logistics in Mozambique-
Ports of Beira, Nacala and Maputo
-
Beira-Lobito Corridor
- North-South Corridor


Provinces of Mozambique
Mozambique is divided into ten provinces and a capital (Maputo) with a
provincial status. The provinces are subdivided into 129 districts.

The north-central provinces of Zambezia and Nampula are the
most
populated (45% of the population)
The provinces of Mozambique are (population in millions people):
Northern Mozambique
Cabo Delgado
- Capital: Pemba
- Area: 61.661
- Population: 1,9
Nampula
- Capital: Nampula
- Area: 81.606
- Population: 6
Niassa
- Capital: Lichinga
- Area: 129.056
- Population: 1,9
Zambezia
- Capital: Quelimane
- Area: 10.008
- Population: 5,1
Central Mozambique
Manica
- Capital: Chimoio
- Area: 61.661
- Population: 1,9
Sofala
- Capital: Beira
- Area: 68.018
- Population: 2,2
Tete
- Capital: Tete
- Area: 100.724
- Population: 2,7
Southern Mozambique
Gaza
- Capital: Xai-Xai
- Area: 75.709
- Population: 1,3
Inhambane
- Capital: Inhambane
- Area: 68.615
- Population: 1,1
Maputo City
- Area: 347
- Population: 1,1
Maputo
- Capital: Matola
- Area: 26.011
- Population: 2,5
Economic Integration Organisations (Mozambique)
- Southern African Development Community (SADC)
- COMESA-EAC-SADC
Tripartite Free Trade Agreement
- Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
- International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (guest member country)
- Southern African Customs Union and Mozambique (SACUM)
- United Kingdom-SACU and Mozambique Economic Partnership Agreement
- International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF)
- Community of Portuguese Language Countries
-
Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP)

- African Union (AU)
- African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
- Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
Main Mozambican ethnicities:
Main Mozambican ethnic group: Bantu (98% of the population).
- Macua are the dominant group in northern regions of Mozambique (4 million)
- Seine and Shona (Ndau) occupy an important area in the Zambezi Valley
- Shangaan (Tsonga) dominate in South of Mozambique.
Religions in Mozambique:
-
Catholic Christianity (56% of the Mozambican population)
- Sunni Islam (18%)
- Traditional African religions
The official language of Mozambique is Portuguese.
- Portuguese is spoken as a second language by half of the population
- Other Mozambican languages are Makhuwa, Seine and Swahili

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