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Basic Facts The area is 309,600 square miles(801,590 square kilometers). The highest point is Mount Binga which is 7,990 feet tall(2,436 meters). The Capital of Mozambique is Maputo and the other major cities are Beria and Nampula. They get about 30 to 60 inches of rain per year. The official language there is Portuguese. The religion there are 50 percent indigenous beliefs, 30 percent Christian, and 20 percent Muslim. The population is 18,000,000 people. The form of government is Republic |
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History In the 700s Arab traders begin to visit the Mozambique coast. By 1000 the Arab trading posts are put up all along the coast and are linked to Arab states in the north. In 1498 a Portuguese navigator, Vasco da Gama, visit's the coast on his way to India and was greeted by the Arab sheik of the Mozambique Island. In 1500 another Portuguese explorer, Pedro Alvares Cabral, maps the movable coast. 1507 the Portuguese conquer the island. 1600s-1800s Prazeros rule much of Mozambique. 1888 Lourenco Marques is made the colonial capital. In 1951 Mozambique is made an overseas province, an official part of Portugal. 1969 Mondlane is assassinated. In 1975 Mozambique is declared to be independent. 1992 ends a16 year civil war. |
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Health Care The Health service got very bad when all the doctors and nurses fled when it was the end of the colonial period. Mozambique only has 435 doctors, that's 1 for every 41,000 people! They also have 13,320 hospital beds that's 1 for every 1,300 people! The life expectancy for men is 44 and for women its 45. Also for every 1,000 babies born 125 die during infancy! Mozambique is still having tons of problems with health care, even after the civil war had already ended. There is lots more to do until the health care is a lot better. |
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