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Zimbabwe today, map and information |
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| Official Name : |
REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE |
| Land Area: |
390,580 square kilometres / 150,764 square miles. |
| Population: |
12,745,000 (est 2005). Density, 32.7 persons per square kilometre. |
| Languages: |
English (official), Shona, Ndebele. |
| Religions: |
Syncretic Christian / Traditional 50%, Christian 25%, Traditional 25%. |
| Capital: |
Harare. (pop 1,200,000) |
| Currency: |
Zimbabwe dollar, divided into 100 cents. |
| Topography: |
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. See also Southern Africa relief map. |
| Formerly Named: |
Southern Rhodesia 1911-64, Rhodesia 1964-79, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia 1979-80. |
| Political: |
Zimbabwe under Mugabe has been turned into a police state, industry and farming is crippled, death, rape or imprisonment by Mugabe thugs, starvation, and lack of health services are a few of the many problems facing
Zimbabweans today. Mugabe and his cronies have taken most of the land formerly owned by whites -land that was originally owned by blacks.
Flawed elections in March 2005 will probably translate into a greater concentration of power to Mugabe and a further erosion of civil liberties for the people. |
| National Flag - Ratio 1:2 |
Climate in Harare - elevation 1473m/4830ft |
Position in Africa |
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