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Republic of Mozambique. Located in southeastern Africa bordering the Indian Ocean in the east, Tanzania in the north, Malawi and Zambia in the northwest, Zimbabwe in the west and Swaziland and South Africa in the southwest. 784,090 sq km with a coastline of 2,470 km. Mozambique is comparable in size to Turkey, and is somewhat larger than the US state of Texas. The country is divided into 10 provinces and 1 capital city with provincial status. The provinces are Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo (city), Maputo, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala; Tete & Zambezia.It has its capital as Maputo.
The landscape is mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in the centre, high plateaus in northwest and mountains in west. The Zambezi River flows through the north-central and most fertile part of the country and has a population of Around 19,686,505. Portuguese is the official language, while Tsonga, Sena-Nyanja and Makua-Lomwe are the national languages. English is not widely spoken outside of major hotels and tourist attractions.
Mozambique’s largest export partner is Belgium, followed by South Africa and it relies on agriculture as its key back bone to economic growth.
Kenya Airways flies to Maputo 3 times a week.
The flight takes approximately 3hours.
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