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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Arquivo Histórico de Moçambique at Wikipedia
 * Biggest Cities In Mozambique at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Mozambique at Wikipedia
 * Cities in Mozambique by population at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Mozambique at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Mozambique at FallingRain
 * Elementos para um diccionario chorographico da provincia de Mozambique Joaquim José Lapa, Alfredo Brandão Cró de Castro Ferreri , Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa, Harvard University, 1906
 * Facts and figures about Mozambique at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Mozambique at Places in the world
 * List of Mozambique Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Mozambique at WorldAtlas
 * Mozambique - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Mozambique Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Mozambique Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Mozambique: official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1969
 * Mozambique: Provinces, Districts, Cities, Urban Localities at City Population
 * Outline of Mozambique at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Mozambique at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Mozambique at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Mozambique at Wikipedia
 * Universities in Mozambique at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Diccionario geographico das provincias e possessões portuguezas no ultramar : em que se descrevem as Ilhas, e pontos continentaes que actualmente possue a corôa portugueza, a se dão muitas outras José Maria de Sousa Monteiro, Typographia Lisbonense, Lisboa, Portugal, 1850

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)