Factsheet:
Mozambique
Capital: Maputo,
largest city and port
Area: 801,590 square km
Languages: Portuguese (official),
Macua, Ndau, Tsonga, Maconde, Swahili
Currency: Meticais (MT)
Total plant species: 5,692
Total plant endemics: 177
Total RDL plants: 300
Focal RDL institutions: LMA,
LMU
Number of Protected Areas: four
National Parks, five Game Reserves, Coutadas (“Official Hunting Areas”),
one Transfrontier Park (Mozambique–South Africa–Zimbabwe), and several other
proposed protected areas (including Transfrontier Parks).
Population: 17,299,000 Growth Rate: 1.9% Density: 21.2 people/square km
Phytogeography: Predominantly
Zambezian, with Afromontane elements at higher altitudes. There is a broad
belt of Zanzibar–Inhambane Regional Mosaic along the entire coastline and
interior river valleys in the north except for a small area of Tonga–Pondoland
Regional Mosaic in the extreme south.
Flora: Mainly miombo woodland,
with mopane woodland in the Zambezi and Limpopo Valleys. Montane forests
and grasslands found at higher elevations. Mosaic of coastal woodlands,
as well as forest/mangrove patches.
Sources: Anonymous 2000, Bandeira,
Hatton, Munisse & Izidine 1994, Stuart & Adams 1990, White 1983
