Mozambique

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capital city country in Africa sovereign state

Mozambique is a southeastern African nation on the Indian Ocean known for its Portuguese colonial heritage, rich cultural diversity, and extensive coastline with important ports and marine resources.

Aliases (8)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city → country in Africa → sovereign state →
AfricanUnionMember	true →
borderCountry	Eswatini → Malawi → South Africa → Tanzania → Zambia → Zimbabwe →
borderSea	Indian Ocean → Mozambique Channel →
callingCode	+258 →
capital	Maputo →
colonialLanguageHeritage	Portuguese →
CommonwealthOfNationsMember	true →
continent	Africa →
currency	Mozambican metical →
demonym	Mozambican →
drivesOn	left →
formerColonyOf	Portugal →
governmentType	unitary semi-presidential republic →
hasCoastlineLength	approximately 2,470 kilometres →
hasImportantPort	Port of Beira → Port of Maputo → Port of Nacala →
hasMajorIsland	Bazaruto Archipelago → Quirimbas Archipelago →
hasMajorRiver	Limpopo River → Zambezi River →
hasMarineResource	fisheries → offshore natural gas →
hasSignificantLanguage	Makhuwa → Sena → Tsonga →
headOfStateTitle	President of Mozambique →
independenceDate	1975-06-25 →
independenceFrom	Portugal →
ISO3166-1Alpha2	MZ →
ISO3166-1Alpha3	MOZ →
largestCity	Maputo →
legislature	Assembly of the Republic →
locatedOn	Indian Ocean →
majorReligion	Christianity → Islam →
nationalLanguage	Portuguese →
officialLanguage	Portuguese →
officialReligion	none →
regionalLocation	Southeastern Africa →
SouthernAfricanDevelopmentCommunityMember	true →
timeZone	UTC+2 →
UNMemberState	true →

Referenced by (177)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Assembly of the Republic (Mozambique) → Bazaruto Archipelago → Beira → Cahora Bassa Dam → Cahora Bassa Gorge → Eastern Highlands → Kalahari Basin → Lourenço Marques → Makhuwa → Maputo → Mozambican metical → Parliamentary Assembly of the CPLP → Permanent Consultation Committee of the CPLP → Port of Maputo → Port of Nacala → Pungwe River system → Quirimbas Archipelago → Tsonga → Xai-Xai → Zambezi Basin → Zambezi Valley →	country
Chichewa → Makhuwa → Makhuwa ("Northern Mozambique") → Nguni languages → Niger–Congo languages → Portuguese language → Sena → Shona → Southern Bantu → Swahili language → Swati → Tshivenda →	spokenIn
Claudio (Portuguese) → First Lady → Gama → Guilherme → Horácio → Tavares → Tiagu →	usedInCountry
Eastern Zimbabwe → Manicaland Province → Mozambique Channel → Mpumalanga → Southeastern Zimbabwe →	borders
Limpopo → Limpopo Province → Mashonaland → Masvingo Province → South Africa →	bordersCountry
Eswatini → Forbes Border Post → Tanzania → Zimbabwe →	borderCountry
Graça Machel → Otelo → Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho → Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho →	placeOfBirth
Malawi → Transvaal → Zambia →	borderedBy
Commonwealth countries → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → Islamic Development Bank →	hasMember
Cahora Bassa Gorge → Lake Cahora Bassa → Miombo woodlands →	locatedIn
CPLP → Community of Portuguese Language Countries → Southern African Development Community →	memberState
Bvumba Mountains → Mutare Teachers College → Vumba Botanical Gardens →	nearBorderWith
Atlantic–Congo languages → Bantu languages →	areSpokenIn
Somali Plate → Sub-Saharan Africa →	contains
Otelo ("Portuguese Mozambique") → Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho ("Portuguese Mozambique") →	countryOfBirth
Graça Machel → Samora Machel →	countryOfCitizenship
Limpopo River → Zambezi River →	countryTraversed
Commonwealth of Nations → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation →	hasMemberState
African Portuguese → Xitsonga ("Southern Mozambique") →	region
Anglican Church of Southern Africa → Synod of Bishops (Anglican Church of Southern Africa) →	regionServed
MOZ → MZ →	represents
Port of Maputo → Port of Nacala →	servesCountry
Portuguese Empire → Portuguese Empire ("Portuguese East Africa") →	territory
Xai-Xai →	administrativeDivisionOf
Zulu →	alsoSpokenIn
Bureau of African Affairs →	appliesPolicyTo
Reagan Doctrine →	appliesTo
MOZ →	assignedTo
Limpopo River →	basinCountries
Zambezi River →	basinCountry
Gairezi River system →	borderProximity
Forbes Border Post →	bordersWith
Maputo →	capitalOf
Tiago →	commonInCountry
A3 highway (Zimbabwe) →	connectsToCountry
Portuguese language →	coOfficialLanguageOf
Olifants River (Lepelle) →	countryBasin
Cahora Bassa Dam ("Portuguese Mozambique") →	countryDuringConstruction
Samora Machel →	countryLed
Olifants River (Lepelle) →	countryMouth
MZ →	countryName
ECA Subregional Office for Southern Africa →	countryServed
Mozambican metical →	currencyOf
Widdringtonia →	distributionRegion
Mozambique Channel →	economicImportanceFor
Portuguese Crown →	expandedTo
Bvumba Mountains →	extendsInto
East African Rift →	extendsTo
Blood Diamond →	filmingLocation
Pungwe River system →	flowsThrough
Armed Forces of Cuba →	foreignDeployment
Portugal →	formerColony
Luangwa River →	formsBorderWith
CPLP →	foundingCountry
Community of Portuguese Language Countries →	foundingMember
First Portuguese Republic ("Portuguese Mozambique") →	hadColony
Southern Africa →	hasCountry
Cuban military interventions in Africa →	hasLocation
Mutare Airport →	hasNearbyBorder
Desire →	hasTrack
Samora Machel →	headOfGovernmentOf
Central Africa Time ("Africa/Maputo") →	IANAExampleZone
Orthographic Agreement of 1990 →	implementationControversyInCountry
Member States of the United Nations ("Republic of Mozambique") →	includes
East Africa →	includesCountry
Maputo →	isCulturalCenterOf
Maputo →	isEconomicCenterOf
Maputo →	isLargestCityOf
Maputo →	isPoliticalCenterOf
Port of Maputo →	isPrincipalPortOf
Xitsonga →	isRecognizedMinorityLanguageIn
Assembly of the Republic (Mozambique) ("Republic of Mozambique") →	jurisdiction
Portuguese Empire →	lastMajorColonyIndependence
Mozambican metical →	legalTenderIn
Mayotte →	locatedBetween
Mutare →	locatedNearBorderWith
Bazaruto Archipelago →	locatedOffCoastOf
Portuguese Colonial War ("Portuguese Mozambique") →	location
Estado Novo (Portugal) →	maintainedColoniesIn
Conference of Heads of State and Government of the CPLP →	memberStateParticipant
Swazi people →	nativeTo
Central Africa Time →	observedInCountry
Mozambican metical →	officialCurrencyOf
Portuguese language →	officialLanguageOf
Zambezi Basin →	partlyIn
Zambezi River ("Tete") →	passesNearCity
East African Rift →	passesThrough
Tropic of Capricorn →	passesThroughCountry
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Xitsonga →	primaryCountry
Phacochoerus africanus →	rangeCountry
Swazi people →	recognizedMinorityIn
Tsonga →	recognizedMinorityLanguageIn
Flag of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries →	representsMember
Forbes Border Post →	roadBorderCrossingBetween
Kings of Portugal →	ruledOver
Orthographic Agreement of 1990 →	signatoryCountry
Portuguese Empire ("Republic of Mozambique") →	successorState
Cahora Bassa Dam →	suppliesElectricityTo
Estado Novo (Portugal) ("Portuguese Mozambique") →	territoryIncluded
South African rand →	usedInformallyIn
Lourenço Marques ("Portuguese Mozambique") →	wasAdministrativeCenterOf
Lourenço Marques →	wasCapitalOf
Lourenço Marques →	wasMainPortOf
Lourenço Marques ("Portuguese Mozambique") →	wasPartOf