portugal-mozambique

Mozambique is on the Southeastern coast of Africa, bordering Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia to the North; Zimbabwe to the West; South Africa and Swaziland; and the Mozambique channel to the west. The capital of Mozambique is Maputo. The area of the country is 308,642 square miles.The flag of Mozambique consists of horizontal bands of green, black, and yellow with a red triangle at the left border. In the center is a yellow star overlaid with a book. They used this to symbolize education. A hoe; symbolizing agriculture. And a rifle, which stands for defense and vigilance Mozambique's black population was very illiterate, but so was Portugals peasantry. By the end of the 19th century the illiteracy rates were at over 80 percent