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Mozambique (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 18 15 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -18.2500 decimal degrees |
Long: 035 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by Bantu peoples from the north from 1st-4th centuries; Arabs settled coast 15th century; Portuguese arrived 16th century, expanded to interior after agreement with British 19th century; divided in 2 parts (Mozambique Company Territory and Mozambique Territory) until 1942; official language is Portuguese, though Swahili and local dialects are widely spoken. |
Names: |
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Moçambique (preferred,C,V,Danish)
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Moçambique (Swedish)
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Moçambique (Portuguese-P,U,N)
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Moçambique (Greenlandic)
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República de Moçambique (C,V,O,Portuguese,U,N)
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Mozambique (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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Mozambique (Tagalog)
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Mozambique (Tsonga)
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Mozambique (Vietnamese)
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Mozambique (Indonesian)
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Mozambique (Danish)
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Mozambique (Spanish-P,U,N)
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Mozambique (Aragonese)
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Mozambique (Asturian)
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Mozambique (Welsh)
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Mozambique (Dutch)
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Mozambique (French-P,U,N)
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Mozambique (Galician)
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Mozambique (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Mozambique (North Ndebele)
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Mozambique (Pampanga)
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Mozambique (Shona)
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Mozambique (Arpitan)
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Mozambique (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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Republic of Mozambique (C,O,English,U,N)
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République du Mozambique (C,O,French,U,N)
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República de Mozambique (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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Mosambik (C,O,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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Mosambik (Finnish)
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Mosambik (German)
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Mosambik (Low German)
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Mosambik (Cornish)
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Mosambik (Czech)
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Mosambik (Faroese)
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Mosambik (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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Mosambik (Norwegian)
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Mosambik (Northern Sami)
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State of Mozambique (C,V)
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Mosambiek (C,V,Afrikaans)
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Volksrepublik Mosambik (C,V)
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Msumbiji (C,V,Kikuyu)
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Msumbiji (Swahili (generic))
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Мозамбик (C,O,Tajik)
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Мозамбик (Serbian)
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Мозамбик (Macedonian)
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Мозамбик (Bulgarian)
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Мозамбик (Russian-P,U)
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Мозамбик (Ossetian/Ossetic)
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Республика Мозамбик (C,O,Russian,U)
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莫桑比克 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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莫桑比克共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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موزامب قَ (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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جُهور ةً موزامب قَ (C,O,Arabic,U)
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MOZ (C,O,ISO3L)
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MZ (C,O,ISO2L)
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ISO508 (C,O,ISO3N)
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Mozambican (C,O,English,U,A)
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מוזמביק (C,U,Hebrew )
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Estado de Moçambique (C,U)
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i-Mozambique (C,U,Zulu)
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Mazambik (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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Moçambic (C,U,Catalan)
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Moçambic (Occitan)
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Mô-dăm-bích (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Mô-dăm- bích (Mozambique) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Mòsaimbic (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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Mósaimbíc (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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Mosambic (C,U,Romansh)
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Mosambice (C,U,Anglo-Saxon)
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Mosambiik (C,U,Estonian)
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Mósambík (C,U,Icelandic)
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Mosambike (C,U,Ilocano)
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Mosambike (Tetum)
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Mosammbik (C,U,Fulah)
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Mosenipiki (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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Mozambic (C,U,Romanian)
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Mozambico (C,U,Italian)
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Mozambicum (C,U,Latin)
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Mozambiiki (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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Mozambik (C,U,Indonesian)
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Mozambik (Croatian)
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Mozambik (Bosnian)
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Mozambik (Magyar (Hungarian))
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Mozambik (Polish)
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Mozambik (Slovak)
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Mozambik (Slovene)
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Mozambik (Akan)
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Mozambik (Hausa)
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Mozambik (Albanian)
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Mozambik (Breton)
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Mozambik (Czech)
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Mozambik (Turkish)
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Mozambik (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Mozambik (Ido)
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Możambik (C,U,Maltese)
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Mozambîk (C,U,Kurdish)
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Mozambika (C,U,Malagasy)
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Mozambika (Latvian)
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Mözämbîka (C,U,Sangho)
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Mozambikän (C,U,Volapük)
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Mozambikas (C,U,Lithuanian)
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Mozambike (C,U,Basque)
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Mozambíki (C,U,Lingala)
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Mozambiki (C,U,Rundi)
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Mozambiki (Luba-Katanga)
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Mozambiki nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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Mozambiko (C,U,Esperanto)
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Mozambiku (C,U,Albanian)
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Mozambique - Moçambique (C,U,Galician)
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Mozanbiki (C,U,Bambara)
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Musambiig (C,U,Somali)
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Orílẹ́ède Moṣamibiku (C,U,Yoruba)
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People’s Republic of Mozambique (C,U)
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Мозамбік (C,U,Ukrainian)
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მოზამბიკი (C,U,Georgian)
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Մոզամբիկ (C,U,Armenian)
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मोजम्बीक (C,U,Sanskrit)
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मोजम्बीक (Kashmiri)
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موزامبىك (C,U,Uyghur)
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ម៉ូហ្សាំប៊ិក (C,U,Khmer)
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Μοζαμβίκη (C,U,Greek)
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모잠비크 (C,U,Korean)
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ໂມແຊມບິກ (C,U,Lao)
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মোজাম্বিক (C,U,Bengali)
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ሞዛምቢክ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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ሞዛምቢክ (Amharic)
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Мозамбе (C,U,Macedonian)
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ประเทศโมซัมบิก (C,U,Thai)
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โมแซมบิค (C,U,Thai)
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मोजाम्बिक (C,U,Hindi)
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मोजाम्बिक (Nepali)
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モザンビーク (C,U,Japanese)
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موزمبيق (C,U,Arabic)
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موزامبیک (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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मोज़ाम्बीक (C,U,Hindi)
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મોઝામ્બિક (C,U,Gujarati)
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མོ་ཛམ་བིག། (C,U,Tibetan)
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မိုဇန်ဘစ် (C,U,Burmese)
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மொசாம்பிக் (C,U,Tamil)
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മൊസാംബിക്ക് (C,U,Malayalam)
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Мазамбік (C,U,Belarusian)
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ಮೊಜಾಂಬಿಕ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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موزمبیق (C,U,Urdu)
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モザンビーク共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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මොසැම්බික් (C,U,Sinhala)
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โมซัมบิก (C,U,Thai)
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मोझाम्बिक (C,U,Marathi)
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मोज़ाम्बिक (C,U,Hindi)
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ମୋଜାମ୍ବିକ୍ୟୁ (C,U,Odia)
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మొజాంబిక్ (C,U,Telugu)
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مۆزامبیک (C,U,Kurdish)
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Colónia de Moçambique (H,V)
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People's Republic of Mozambique (H,O)
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Portuguese East Africa (H,O)
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Province de Mozambique (H,V)
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Província de Moçambique (H,V)
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República Popular de Moçambique (H,V)
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République populaire du Mozambique (H,O)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Place Types: |
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nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence June 1975 |
primary political unit (C) |
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independent sovereign nation (C) |
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republic (C) |
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former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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controlled region (H) |
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Portuguese, early 16th cen.-1975 |
province (H) |
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Portuguese, 1951-1975 |
independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Lourenco Marques .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Mozambique, Cidade de Maputo) [7000399] |
historical connection .... |
Matapa .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa) [8698199] |
member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1995 |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1975 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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People's Republic of Mozambique.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 769 |
People’s Republic of Mozambique.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1036973 |
République du Mozambique.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Newsletter (1991) 1991-02-10, III-14 |
République populaire du Mozambique.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 781 |
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