Mozambique

Overview Mozambique is a fairly large coastal country and located on south coast of Africa (bit above South Africa). A stable country with few problems and trusted by the USA because the two countrys have set up trade between the countries. Pres. Armando Guebuza puting the country back on it's feet after a revolution and now trying to slove a drug problem in the country. The country Mozambique has no ture religion or main religion because about half don't really believe in any. Yet if you were chose what what religion people believe in the most it would be Roman Catholic. The country has inflation rate of 6.5% and a pop. below poverty line is about 70% making the country enconmy not so great. I learned that there other countries that can take or at least try to take care of them sleves without having to ask for a lot of help and able to control it;s corruption

Statistics GDP: purchasing power parity:$26.03 billion (2005 est.)GDP - real growth rate:7% (2005 est.)GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity:1,300 (2005 est.)Inflation rate (consumer prices):6.5% (2005 est.)Labor force:9.2 million (2000 est.)Exports:$1.69 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)Exports - partners:Belgium 25.7%, South Africa 12.3%, Spain 11.8%, Italy 11.7%, Germany 7.8% (2005)Imports:$2.041 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)Imports - partners:South Africa 37.4%, Australia 13.2%, China 3.9% (2005)Population:19,686,505 Population growth rate:1.38% (2006 est.)Population Below Poverty Line:70% (2001 est.)Major Industries:food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints), aluminum, petroleum products, textiles, cement, glass, asbestos, tobaccoEmploying Workers: 157*Registering Property: 105*Enforcing Contracts: 168*Closing a Business: 126**2006 World Bank rank out of 175 countriesStarting a Business** ||
 * || ==Statistics==
 * || half of the pop. do not believe in religion or creed, 24% are Roman Catholic, 22% is Protestant, and 20% is Muslim. ||

Geography [|http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/CIA_Maps/Mozambique_19859.gif]

Mozambique has an area of 801,590km (bigger then california but slightly less then half size of Iran) that stretches the south coast of Africa. The capital of Mozambique is Maputo it is the harbor of Mozambique and other important cities like Matola, Nampula, Beira, Chimoio, Nacala, Quelimane, Tete Lichinga, and Pemba and lesser city Angoche. Bordering countries are Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbawe. Terrain of Mozambique mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in the center, high plateaus in the northwest and moutains in the west

Economy Metical moçambicano  **(Portuguese)** || From [|1 July] [|2006], new banknotes were issued in denominations of 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, and 1000 meticaisrom.
 * Mozambican metical
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/Mil_meticais.jpg/252px-Mil_meticais.jpg width="252" height="126" caption="Old 1000 meticais." link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mil_meticais.jpg"]] ||=  ||
 * Old 1000 meticais. ||  ||
 * ~ [|ISO 4217 Code] || ||
 * ~ User(s) || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Mozambique.svg"]] [|Mozambique] ||
 * ~ [|Inflation] || 11.2% ||
 * Source || //[|The World Factbook]//, 2008 est. ||
 * ~ Subunit ||  ||
 * 1/100 || [|centavo] ||
 * ~ [|Symbol] || MTn ||
 * ~ Coins || 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 centavos, 1, 2, 5, 10 meticais ||
 * ~ Banknotes || 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 meticais ||
 * ~ [|Central bank] || [|Banco de Moçambique] ||
 * Website || [|www.bancomoc.mz] ||

Government

Mozambique's president, Armando Guebuza.

Mozambique has a mulitparty republic

Religion The general religion of Mozambique (even though about half of the pop. do not believe in religion or creed) is Roman Catholic then it would be Protestent lastly Muslim

CultureThe __Makonde__**, as the inhabitants are called in the north are known for their ebony sculptures and masks. The** __Chopi__ **from the south central coast are remarkable at their complex musical fusions and dance. One of famous Mozambican artists is** __Malangatana__**, whose creations mainly display the history and sufferings of the colonial period and the civil war which Mozambique experienced.

Social Problem Flooding in Mozambique caused about 81,000 people to be displaced and 400,000 affected. lack of water in town and the water their in most cases cause people to get sick. Slash and burn practices cause trees to produce less furit and the burning of so many and no one growing anymore people have to walk a long ways for food.

