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 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. Aids to navigation in Mozambique are the responsibility of the National Institute of Hydrography and Navigation (INAHINA). 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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Cabo Delgado Province Lighthouses
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![]() Cabo Delgado Light, Palma, undated INAHINA photo |
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![]() Medjumbe Light, Cabo Delgado Province, September 2012 Wikimedia Creative Commons photo by Ewald De Korte |
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![]() Ponta Maunhane Light, Pemba, January 2017 Google Maps photo by Antonio Brito |
Nampula Province Lighthouses
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![]() Ponta Caldeira Light, Angoche INAHINA photo |
Zambezia Province Lighthouses
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![]() Ilha do Fogo Light, Zambezia, September 2017 Google Plus photo by Henry Dowling |
Sofala Province Lighthouses
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![]() Rio Macuti Light, Beira, 2004 photo copyright Doug Pearson; used by permission |
Inhambane Province Lighthouses
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Gaza Province Lighthouses
Maputo Province and City Lighthouses
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![]() Cabo de Inhaca Light, Maputo, June 2017 ex-Google Plus photo by Jordan Liu |
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Adjoining pages: North: Tanzania | East: Comoros, Madagascar | South: Eastern South Africa
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Posted June 21, 2005. Checked and revised October 17, 2019. Lighthouses: 59. Site copyright 2019 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.