| Official
Name : |
REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE |
| Total
Area: |
3.9 million square kilometres |
| Population: |
12 08 million (2011 estimate) |
| Languages: |
English (official), Shona, Ndebele. |
| Religions: |
Syncretic Christian / Traditional 50%, Christian 25%, Traditional 25%. |
| Capital: |
Harare. (pop 1,6 million, 2009 census) |
| Currency: |
Zimbabwe dollar, divided into 100 cents. |
| Independant: |
Starting in the early 1960s, trends began to emerge when the north started to reject referendums that had won a majority of votes. |
| Geography: |
25% of Zimbabwe is occupied by the Highveld Ridge that traverses the country southwest to northeast, the highest point near the Mozambique border in the northeast. The Highveld is flanked by the Middleveld declining northwest and southeastwards to the riverine Lowveld regions. |
| Formerly Named: |
Southern Rhodesia 1911-64, Rhodesia 1964-79, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia 1979-80. |
| Flag: |
Zimbabwe, the name of an ancient African city is now applied to the whole country.The National flag with the PanAfrican colours and a central black panel the Flage has these colours simply arranged in stripes. Towards the hoist is a whit triangle with a black edge, symbolizing new leaders and their desire for peace. Within this is the imbabwe bird on a red star. |
