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Mozambique
Republic of Mozambique
República de Moçambique
Political Status: Former Portuguese dependency; became independent as the People's Republic of Mozambique on June 25, 1975; present name adopted in constitution that came into effect on November 30, 1990.
Area: 309,494 sq. mi. (801,590 sq. km.).
Population: 16,542,740 (1997C); 19,434,000 (2005E). The 1997 figure includes an adjustment of 5.1 percent for underenumeration.
Major Urban Center (2005E): MAPUTO (1,122,000).
Official Language: Portuguese (a number of African languages are also spoken).
Monetary Unit: Metical (market rate July 1, 2006: 25,860 meticals = $1US). (In November 2005 the Assembly of the Republic approved legislation providing for the introduction of a “new metical” [worth 1,000 old meticals] as of July 1, 2006. Both old and new meticals were to be considered legal tender at least until the end of ...