Research Paper On Mozambique

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My project is on Mozambique. I will be talking about 5 themes of geography and how they are connected to my country. Mozambique is a country within Africa below the Sahara desert or the "Hot" desert. Mozambiaque is bordered by many different countries such as Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It aslo has marine boarders such as Comoros, Madagascar and Mayotte Island (France). The absolute location of Mozambique is 25.9500° S, 32.5833° E. Mozambique has a tropical climate with 2 seasons. They have a wet season that last from October to March and a dry season from April to September. The coastline extends from 26° 52' S. to 10° 40' S. It has a length of 1,430 miles (2,300 km). This country is about twice the size of California. …show more content…
Mozambique has many different ethnic groups such as Makhuwa, Tsonga, Makonde, Shangaan, Shona, Sena, Ndau, and other indigenous groups. They also have multiple different religons too which are Christian (57%), Muslim (20%), Indigenous African, and other beliefs. The mortality rate of Mozambique is 115/1,000 and the life expectancy is about 42.07 years. Most of the countries workforce is about 81% agriculture, 6% industry, and 13% services. Today Mozambique has many different ways to transport people and things. They uses buses, airplanes, cars and trains. If you tavel by car it might be a little harder because some of the roads in Mozambique are not paved. The people of Mozambique depend on the environment to grow their various crops such as cassava and maize/corn, millet, rice and beans. But the country always gets hit with torrential downpours and hurricanes, so Figueredo de Araujo, an institute, has prepared by having rescue boats as well as warehouses with different types goods for assistance such as maize flour, tents, tarps, boots and rain coats among

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