MOZAMBIQUE

Mozambique is a country in Africa, which is rich in African

cultural heritage and it reflects in its food, music, and art.
Mozambique generally has a warm tropical climate which
suits all tourists.
THE BEST PLACES TO VISIT
IN MOZAMBIQUE
 Bazaruto Archipelago
• Consists of five tropical islands – Bazaruto, Benguerra,
Magaruque, Bangue and Santa Carolina
MAPUTO
 Port city and capital of
Mozambique.
 The town developed around a
Portuguese fortress completed in
1787.
 Maputo derived its former name
from the Portuguese trader who
first explored the region in 1544.
GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK
 Gorongosa National Park is home to a
bird that can be found nowhere else on
earth - the green-headed oriole.
 Approximately 6,000 people visit
Gorongosa National Park each year
QUIRIMBAS NATIONAL PARK

The park was established in June 2002

The park has a tropical climate with a rainy season
375 species of fish have been identified in the park
 NIASSA RESERVE
 It is a nature reserve in Cabo Delgado Province
 Covering over 42,000 square kilometres (10,000,000 acres), it
is the largest protected area in the country
 The area has three endemic species - the Niassa wildebeest,
Boehm's zebra, and Johnston's Impala
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT
MOZAMBIQUE
1. The country got its name from an
Arab sheikh who ruled over the
northern part of the island when the
Portuguese arrived in the area. The
sheik’s name was supposedly Mussa bin
biki, Ali Musa Mbiki, or Musa Al Big.
2. The flag of Mozambique stands out. It shows an AK-47 rifle. The
rifle symbolizes defence and vigilance. Mozambique’s flag has
green, black, yellow and narrow white stripes, and a red triangle
featuring a yellow star, an open book and a crossed hoe and rifle.
3. Maputo, the capital city was the backdrop for
many dramatic scenes in the movie Blood
Diamond. The Leonardo Di Caprio starrer movie
talks about the realities of the illegal diamond trade
in Africa.
4. There are more than 40 languages spoken in the country.
Portuguese is the most spoken and main working language in
Mozambique and it is taught as first language in all schools.
5. Mozambique boasts a total of 98 airports and airfields. Only
21 of these have paved runways.
6. Because of poaching, rhinoceroses have
three times become extinct in Mozambique.
7. Football is the most popular sport in
Mozambique.
8.When playing Scrabble, Mozambique would
score more than any other one-word country.
It scores 34 points.
9. Mozambique is also among the world’s hungriest countries. In 2020,
Mozambique was ranked as the fifth hungriest nation and classified as
suffering from “serious” levels of hunger.

10. In 1498, famous Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama became the first
European to visit Mozambique.
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