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Mozambique is located on the southeastern coast of Africa, bordering Tanzania to the north and South Africa to the south. The country was a Portuguese colony from the early sixteenth century until it achieved independence in 1975. Independence was followed by a long and bitter civil war, which ended in 1992. Since then, increasing stability has improved the country's economic situation and opened it to foreign visitors. Mozambique actually has the longest coastline of any continental African country, more than 2500 km (1565 mi) in length, facing the island of Madagascar across the Mozambique Channel. The major ports are Pemba in the north, Quelimane and Beira in the center, and Maputo (the capital) in the far south. The Portuguese word for a lighthouse is farol, plural faróis. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume D of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.
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Posted June 21, 2005. Checked and revised July 2, 2008. Lighthouses: 27. Site copyright 2008 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.