History of Mozambique

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The Republic of Mozambique is the official name of a county which is located on Africa; the country is bordered by Tanzania, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. Mozambique president is Armando Guebuza. In June 1975 Mozambique gained freedom from Portugal. It also has a population up to 23.4 million. The capital of Mozambique is Maputo and it has an area of 812,379 sq. km. In Mozambique Portuguese is the country’s official language also Swahili, English and other indigenous languages are spoken, the most common religions in Mozambique are Christianity, indigenous beliefs and Islam. The lifespan in the country is 49 years for men and 49 years for women also, the country’s main exports are seafood and cotton, its built up of coastal lowlands, moving towards the west of the country to a plateau ranging from 500 to 2000 ft. over sea level and on the western border to a greater upland 6000 to 8000 ft. with mountains in the north ranging a height of over 8000 ft. the uppermost mountains are Namuli which is about 7936 ft., Binga which is 7992 ft. and on the Zimbabwean border and there is also Serra Zuira coming up to 706 ft. in the Sofala province. The most significant rivers in Mozambique are the Zambezi towards to southeast then goes to the middle of Mozambique into the Indian Ocean, The well-known lake is the maneuverable lake Niassa. In the river valleys and deltas, the soil is wealthy and fertile but southern and central Mozambique have unworthy, poor and sandy soil and parts of the inland of Mozambique are dry. However in the next paragraphs there will be information about the history, political system, the demographic, development, conflict and perceived strengths and weaknesses of Mozambique.

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...emergency answer to heavy flooding caused by heavy rains, with emergency housing and water supplies, controlling camps for displaced persons, and finally allocating small scholarship to help families to recover lost assets while the floods Care started to grow involvement in activities designed to decrease the spread of HIV/AIDS, with a special focus on orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), for 2001 the care of Mozambique is current development plan; 2006 is focusing on basic thing and girls for example education, HIV/AIDS and emergency answer.

Overall Mozambique have developed seen 1986 but still needs more improvements , however the government in the country is not good enough thus I think government needs to improve or change the government, the country has lots of spoken languages and different types of religion which came from other people during the war.

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