Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

republic, sovereign state, landlocked country, country

Part of	Southern Africa, East Africa
Year dem found am	18 April 1980
Official name	Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, République du Zimbabwe, Rhodesia
Native label	Zimbabwe
Participant insyd	Kivu conflict
Dem name after	Great Zimbabwe
Anthem	National Anthem of Zimbabwe
Culture	culture of Zimbabwe
Motto text	Unity, Freedom, Work, Unitat, llibertat, treball, Undeb, Rhyddid, Gwaith
Continent	Africa
Country	Zimbabwe
Capital	Harare
Located in time zone	UTC+02:00, Africa/Harare
Coordinate location	19°0′0″S 30°0′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	19°46′35″S 33°3′45″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	15°36′41″S 29°49′25″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	22°25′15″S 31°18′33″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	17°54′34″S 25°14′14″E
Highest point	Mount Nyangani
Lowest point	Runde River
Office held by head of state	President of Zimbabwa
State ein head	Emmerson Mnangagwa
Office head of government hold	President of Zimbabwa
Government ein head	Emmerson Mnangagwa
Legislative body	Parliament of Zimbabwe
Central bank	Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
Dey share bother plus	Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana
Driving side	left
Electrical plug type	AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types, BS 1363
Dey replace	Southern Rhodesia
Studied by	Zimbabwean studies
Dema official website	https://www.zim.gov.zw/index.php/
Hashtag	Zimbabwe
Top-level Internet domain	.zw
Flag	flag of Zimbabwe
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Zimbabwe
Geography of topic	geography of Zimbabwe
Get characteristic	partly free country
History of topic	history of Zimbabwe
Railway traffic side	left
Economy of topic	economy of Zimbabwe
Demographics of topic	demographics of Zimbabwe
Mobile country code	648
Country calling code	+263
Emergency phone number	999, 994, 995, 993
Licence plate code	ZW
Maritime identification digits	679
Unicode character	🇿🇼
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Zimbabwe
Commonwealth Sport country code	ZIM

Zimbabwe, officially de Republic of Zimbabwe, be a landlocked country insyd Southeast Africa, between de Zambezi den Limpopo Rivers, ebe bordered by South Africa to de south, Botswana to de southwest, Zambia to de north, den Mozambique to de east. De capital den largest city be Harare, den de second largest be Bulawayo.

A country of roughly 16.6 million people as per 2024 census, Zimbabwe ein largest ethnic group be de Shona, wey dey make up 80% of de population, followed by de Northern Ndebele den oda smaller minorities. Zimbabwe get 16 official languages, plus English, Shona, den Ndebele de most common. Zimbabwe be a member of de United Nations, de Southern African Development Community, de African Union, den de Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.

Government den politics

Administrative divisions

Administrative divisions of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe get a centralised government wey ebe divided into eight provinces den two cities plus provincial status, for administrative purposes. Each province get a provincial capital from wer dem usuall dey carry out government administration.

Province	Capital
Bulawayo	Bulawayo
Harare	Harare
Manicaland	Mutare
Mashonaland Central	Bindura
Mashonaland East	Marondera
Mashonaland West	Chinhoyi
Masvingo	Masvingo city
Matabeleland North	Lupane District
Matabeleland South	Gwanda
Midlands	Gweru

Demographics

Largest cities

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Zimbabwe Source:
Rank	Name	Province	Pop.
1	Harare	Harare	2,123,132
2	Bulawayo	Bulawayo	1,200,337
3	Chitungwiza	Harare	371,244
4	Mutare	Manicaland	224,802
5	Gweru	Midlands	158,200
6	Kwekwe	Midlands	119,863
7	Kadoma	Mashonaland West	116,300
8	Ruwa	Mashonaland East	94,083
9	Chinhoyi	Mashonaland West	90,800
10	Masvingo	Masvingo	90,286

References

Sources

• Parsons, Neil (1993). A New History of Southern Africa (2nd ed.). London, England: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-84195319-2.

Read further

• Burke, Jason (10 August 2019). "'Hungry kids collapse as looters take millions': life in today's Zimbabwe". The Guardian.

• Bourne, Richard. Catastrophe: What Went Wrong in Zimbabwe? (2011); 302 pages.

• Meredith, Martin. Mugabe: Power, Plunder, and the Struggle for Zimbabwe's Future (2007) excerpt and text search.

• Smith, Ian Douglas. Bitter Harvest: Zimbabwe and the Aftermath of its Independence (2008) excerpt and text search.
• David Coltart. The struggle continues: 50 Years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe. Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd: South Africa, 2016.

External links

• Official Government of Zimbabwe web portal. Archived 23 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
• Parliament of Zimbabwe Archived 30 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine
• Zimbabwe profile from the BBC News
• Zimbabwe. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
• Zimbabwe from UCB Libraries GovPubs
• Key Development Forecasts for Zimbabwe from International Futures
• World Bank Summary Trade Statistics Zimbabwe