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In Portuguese:

   1 234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

In Makhuwa-Meetto and Sena:

   1.234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator)

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33 languages are spoken in Mozambique. The official language is Portuguese . There are 760 000 speakers of Chopi ; 664 279 speakers of Chwabo ; 1 300 000 speakers of Lomwe ; 350 000 speakers of Makhuwa-Maca ; 2 500 000 speakers of Makhuwa-Makhuwana ; 1 500 000 speakers of Makhuwa-Ketto ; 900 000 speakers of Makhuwa-Shirama ; 360 000 speakers of Makonde ; 100 000 speakers of Manyika ; 402 861 speakers of Marendje ; 100 000 speakers of Mwani ; 109 000 speakers of Ndau ; 141 000 speakers of Nsenga ; 423 000 speakers of Nyanja ; 262 455 speakers of Nyungwe ; 423 797 speakers of Ronga ; 1 086 040 speakers of Sena ; 759 923 speakers of Shona ; 223 971 speakers of Tonga ; 1 500 000 speakers of Tswa and 194 107 speakers of Yai .

Where Portuguese forms of address are used, use Mnina for unmarried women.

People often use both their mother’s family name and their father’s family name. Married women often retain their father’s family name in front of the father’s family name of their husband.

When saluting somebody with a professional degree, the form of address is followed by:

   Arquitecto (m) / Arquitecta (f)        Architect
   Doutor (m) / DoutoraDoctor
   Engenheiro (m) / Engenheira (f)        Engineer

which in turn is followed by the person’s family name.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

   Note: This section last updated 26th August 2020

Addresses will often be written in the ex-colonial language, Portuguese. They follow the Portuguese structure - thoroughfare types are written first and with a capital first letter, the house number is at the end of the street address string often followed by an indication of floor, stairwell etc. For a full description of thoroughfare types and other address components, please refer to the chapter on Portugal.

The province name may sometimes be found written below the postal code/city address line.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

   Note: This section last updated 26th August 2020

From 1^st January 2004, Mozambiquan postal codes (Código Postal, or CP) have starting a phased change from 5 digits to 4 digits. The first digit identifies one of three regions (North, Central or South), and can only be 1, 2 or 3. The second digit identifies the province (see below under “Administrative Districts”), and can only be 1, 2, 3 or 4; the final two digits indicate the district and the post office and range between 00 and 25.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

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Refer to Exonyms in Mozambique for full lists of place names in Mozambique in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

Mozambique has 10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 city (shown in the list below with an asterisk):

Province	Postal code range
Cabo Delgado	32
Gaza	12
Inhambane	13
Manica	22
Maputo	11
Maputo City *	11
Nampula	31
Niassa	33
Sofala	21
Tete	23
Zambézia	24

   This regions/postal code data can be acquired as a data file 

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   Note: This section last updated 8th March 2017

Mozambiquan fixed numbers have area codes of 2 or 3 digits when called from abroad, and a total length of 8 digits. Mobile numbers have the area codes 82-87 and a total length of 9 digits.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm