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Mozambique Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 16,696   Population 2000 (UN '000) 18,292
Area (km2) 777,123   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 44
Number of Administrative Units 402   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 42
Number of Urban Extents 78   Number of Settlement Points 78

Mozambique Details

Names
ISO3-Code MOZ
Continent Africa
Country Name Mozambique
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type Province
Level2 Type District
Level3 Type Posto
Number of Units 402
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 42
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1997
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 12,516
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 14,416
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 16,696
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 13,645
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 16,293
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 18,292
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 777,123
Average Input Resolution (km) 44
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 78
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,143,152
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,748
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 66,773
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 78
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 325
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 35
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 2,753
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,213,135
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,159
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 59,888
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 4,671,296
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 0%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 26%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 33%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 41
Regression-estimated Extents 58
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Instituto Nacional de Estatistica Mozambique, Resultados Definitivos do Recenseamento Geral da Populac?o e Habitac?o (1997), http://www.ine.gov.mz/
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
International Food Policy Research Institute
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
AFCities, Data provided by Uwe Deichman at the World Bank; Census 1997 Mozambique, Instituto Nacional de Estat!stica, www.ine.gov.mz/ (and CD from IFPRI)
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
AFCities, Columbia Gazetteer, NIMA, Times Atlas of the World, 1, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
From 1950 to 1970: Conselho of Maputo and Beira; in the 1980 census: 12 cities (nince provincial capitals and the cities of Nacala and Chokwe); in the 1997 census: 23 cities and 68 towns (vilas).
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Province level growth rates (administrative level 1) from 1991?1997 were applied to the Posto (administrative level 3) units to extrapolate population data to target years. A 5% growth rate cap was applied to select units.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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