MZ — Mozambique

Mozambique is a southeastern African country with a long Indian Ocean coastline stretching over 2,500 km. Maputo, the capital, is a vibrant city with colonial Portuguese architecture and a growing tech scene. As a Portuguese-speaking nation, Mozambique is part of the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries). The Mozambican Metical (MZN) replaced the old Metical (MZM) in 2006. For developers, the MZ country code maps to the pt-MZ locale for Mozambican Portuguese, which has some distinct conventions from Brazilian and European Portuguese. The .mz domain and +258 calling code serve Mozambique's growing digital market. Mobile money services like M-Pesa (from Kenya's Vodafone) are widely adopted, making payment integration important. Mozambique's long coastline and extensive rural areas create varied connectivity conditions, making progressive enhancement and offline-first design relevant for applications targeting Mozambican users.