a country in southeast Africa, between Tanzania and South Africa. Population: 19,371,000 (2001). Capital: Maputo. officially Republic of Mozambique formerly Portuguese East Africa Country, southeastern coast of Africa
a republic on the eastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975
An arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the mainland of southeast Africa. Strait, western Indian Ocean. Located between Madagascar and Mozambique, it is about 950 mi (1,530 km) long, 250-625 mi (400-1,000 km) wide, and has a maximum depth of 10,000 ft (3,000 m). An important shipping route for eastern Africa, it receives all major Madagascar rivers and fronts the ports of Mahajanga and Toliara in Madagascar. Along the Mozambican coast are the mouth of the Zambezi River and the ports of Maputo and Beira