EDUCATION TEAM
Jan 311 min
UNDERSTANDING AFRICA
I wish I could say this is my own work bhut it is not, the credit for photo and report goes to Teachers Travellers. I will write more about them in the coming weeks... Now sit back and enjoy this geographic experience.
Mozambique 🇲🇿, some key facts
1. It's the only country in the world whose name has all the 5 English Vowels
2. Its flag is one of only two national flags that features a firearm, the other being Guatemala
3. The famous Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was the first recorded European to visit Mozambique in 1498
4. Mozambique is one of the world's leading producers of cashew nuts
5. The country is more than 3 times the size of Uganda 🇺🇬, although it has a population of nearly 30 Million less than Uganda
6. Despite its expansive land area and a wealth of natural resources, the country ranks 5th poorest in the world
7. Only about 30% of the country’s population has access to electricity, despite almost 40% of the population living in urban areas
8. From the Northern Tip of Mozambique (on the boarder with Tanzania 🇹🇿) to Maputo, the Capital of Mozambique is nearly 3,000 KMs