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The 3rd International Wide Open Access
workshop location is Maputo, the capital of Mozambique.
The hosting institut is the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo.
The workshop will be held in the conference room, at “Instittuto de
Formação das Telecomunicações” - Maputo
The official name of the country is Republic of Mozambique and is
situated in Southern Africa, and covers an area of 799,380 sq km.
To the north Mozambique borders Tanzania with the Rovuma river as
the natural borderline. To the south, it borders South Africa (Natal
Province), to the west, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa (Transvaal
Province) and Swaziland and to the east, the Indian Ocean. The country
is divided into three regions namely; Southern, Central and Northern,
which are subdivided into eleven provinces, further subdivided into
144 districts. The capital is Maputo. Approximately 40% of the population
lives in the 2 provinces; Nampula and Zambézia.
Mozambique is considered to be one of the poorest countries in the
world with over 60% of the people living below the poverty line. After
its independence from Portugal in 1975, the country engaged in a long
and devastating civil war for nearly three decades. The year 1992
saw the signing of a peace accord between rival parties, and in 1994
free elections generating over 80% voter turnout were held. Since
then, with an infrastructure in total ruins, Mozambique has been faced
with the challenge to rebuild its society and economy.
Population: an estimated population of over 18 million people
of whom more than half are under age 20. Thirteen percent of the total
population lives in urban areas.
Climate: tropical to subtropical
Terrain: mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus
in northwest, mountains in west
Language: The official language is Portuguese, however, there
are also various indigenous dialects.The main ethnic groups are indigenous
tribal groups 99.66% (comprising of Shangaan, Chokwe, Manyika, Sena,
Makua amongst others), Europeans 0.06%, Euro-Africans 0.2% and Indians
0.08% .
Religion: Traditional beliefs, Roman Catholic, Sunni Muslim
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