The following
outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mozambique:
Mozambique –
sovereign country located in southeastern
Africa bordered by the
Indian Ocean to the east,
Tanzania to the north,
Malawi and
Zambia to the northwest,
Zimbabwe to the west and
Eswatini and South Africa to the southwest.[1] Mozambique was explored by
Vasco da Gama in 1498 and colonized by
Portugal in 1505. By 1510, the
Portuguese had control of all of the former Arab sultanates on the east African coast. From about 1500,
Portuguese trading posts and forts became regular ports of call on the new route to the east.