africa • MOZ
Mozambique
Location marker · geographic overview
18.25° S / 35° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Maputo
- Population
- 34,631,766 2024
- Area
- 801,590 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Portuguese
- Currency
- Mozambican metical (MZN)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Mozambique
Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique) is a country on the Indian Ocean coast of Southern Africa. From the Monte Binga peak, 2,436 m (7,992 ft) high, to the stunning beaches along the coast, Mozambique is a country of contrasts.
Landscape & landmarks
Ilha de Mozambique, i.e. Mozambique Island is the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mozambique.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
As a country the Portuguese occupation has a profound impact on local foods that has produced some of the most unique and interesting cuisine within Southern Africa. Towards the coast a great deal of seafood is used within even the most basic of dishes, however, in land the maize based partridges common throughout Africa becomes staple but with some Portuguese flair.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-16. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Calling code
- +258
- Internet domain
- .mz
- Land border codes
- MWI, ZAF, SWZ, TZA, ZMB, ZWE
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the left side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .mz. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.