Two main seasons, one wet and one dry, divide the climatic year. The wet season, from November through March, has monthly averages between 27 C and 29 C, with cooler temperatures in the interior uplands. The dry season lasts from April to October and has June and July temperatures averaging 18 20 C .

Portuguese is the language of the Mozambican education, business, and legal systems, which poses a problem for the great majority of the population who cannot read nor speak it.

The metical (plural: meticais) is the currency of Mozambique, abbreviated with the symbol MZN or MTn. It is nominally divided into 100 centavos.

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The population of Mozambique in 2003 was estimated by the United Nations at 18, 863, 000, which placed it as number 54 in population among the 193 nations of the world. In that year approximately 3% of the population was over 65 years of age, with another 45% of the population under 15 years of age.

Maputo, formerly Louren o Marques, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. It is known as the City of Acacias in reference to acacia trees commonly found along its avenues and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean.