Official Name: Mozambique
Population: 19,680,000
Capital: Maputo - Pop. 1,221,000
Area: 801,590 sq. km. / 498,085 sq. miles.
Language: Portuguese, indigenous dialects
Religion: Indigenous beliefs, Christian, Muslim
Status of Homosexuality: Not illegal
Telephone Country Code: 258
Mozambique was colonized by Portugal in 1505 and became independent on June 25, 1975. A civil war followed (1975-92) when an estimated one million Mozambicans perished and 1.7 million took refuge in neighboring states. By mid-1995 the refugees had returned as part of the largest repatriation witnessed in sub-Saharan Africa. Mozambique is an LEDC (less economically developed country). Homosexuality is not mentioned in Mozambican law books, which only penalize "practices against nature". Mozambican society "does not act peacefully towards homosexuality", leading to discrimination in the family, at school and at work. But compared to most Southern and East African nations, homosexuality is still treated light-handedly in Mozambique.
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