Mozambique is a country on the east coast of southern Africa, along the Indian Ocean. Tanzania sits to the north and South Africa to the south; inland it also meets other countries, including Malawi and Zimbabwe. The capital is Maputo.

Mozambique莫三比克 is a country on the east coast of southern Africa是位在非洲南部東岸的國家, along the Indian Ocean濱印度洋。Tanzania sits to the north北邊是坦尚尼亞 and South Africa to the south南邊是南非; inland it also meets other countries, including Malawi and Zimbabwe內陸還與其他國家接壤,包括馬拉威和辛巴威。The capital is Maputo首都是馬普托。

Portuguese is the official language, because Portugal ruled the land for a long time, until independence in 1975.

Portuguese is the official language官方語言是葡萄牙文, because Portugal ruled the land for a long time因為葡萄牙統治這塊土地很長一段時間, until independence in 1975直到1975年獨立為止。

In the 1980s and early 1990s a long civil war killed many people and pushed many others to leave. Older books may say the population was about 24 million in 2014; that is a snapshot from that year, not a forever number — the country has grown since then.

In the 1980s and early 1990s在1980年代到1990年代初, a long civil war killed many people一場長期內戰造成許多人喪命 and pushed many others to leave也迫使很多人離開。Older books may say the population was about 24 million in 2014比較舊的書可能會說2014年人口大約2400萬; that is a snapshot from that year, not a forever number那只是那一年的數字,不是永遠不變的 — the country has grown since then這個國家之後人口還在增加。

English took the name from Portuguese Moçambique, and that name itself comes from a sultan known as Mussa Bin Bique.

English took the name from Portuguese Moçambique英文的國名是從葡萄牙文Moçambique來的, and that name itself comes from a sultan known as Mussa Bin Bique而這個名字本身則來自一位叫Mussa Bin Bique的蘇丹。