Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe (Inglis pronunciation: /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/), offeecially the Republic o Zimbabwe (an umwhile Soothren Rhodesie, the Republic o Rhodesie, an Zimbabwe Rhodesie), is a landlockt kintra locatit in the soothren pairt o the continent o Africae, atween the Zambezi an Limpopo rivers. It is bordered bi Sooth Africae tae the sooth, Botswana tae the soothwast, Zambie tae the northwast an Mozambique tae the east. Zimbabwe haes three offeecial leids: Inglis, Shona (a Bantu leid), an Ndebele (an' a' a Bantu leid).

Republic o Zimbabwe

Motto: "Unity, Freedom, Work"
Anthem
"Blessed be the laund o Zimbabwe"
Location o  Zimbabwe  (dark blue) in the African Union  (light blue)
Location o  Zimbabwe  (dark blue)

in the African Union  (light blue)

Caipital
and largest city
Harare
17°50′S 31°3′E / 17.833°S 31.050°E / -17.833; 31.050
Offeecial leids
Ethnic groups
(2012)
  • 99.4% Black African (ower 80% Shona; Ndebele are lairgest minority)
  • 0.2% White African
  • 0.4% ithers, includin Coloured an Indie
Demonym(s)Zimbabwean
GovrenmentUnitar dominant-pairty presidential republic
• Preses
Emmerson Mnangagwa
• Vice Preses
Constantino Chiwenga
LegislaturPairlament
• Upper house
Senate
• Lower house
Hoose o Assembly
Unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick
• Declared
11 November 1965
• Recognised
18 Apryle 1980
• Current constitution
15 Mey 2013
Aurie
• Total
390,757 km2 (150,872 sq mi) (60t)
• Water (%)
1
Population
• 2012 estimate
12,973,808 (73rd)
• 2012 census
13,061,239
• Density
26/km2 (67.3/sq mi) (170t)
GDP (PPP)2017 estimate
• Total
$29.795 billion
• Per capita
$2,002
GDP (nominal)2017 estimate
• Tot
$15.285 billion
• Per capita
$1,027
Gini (1995)50.1
heich
HDI (2015)Increase 0.516
law · 154t
CurrencyUnitit States dollar (offeecial for govrenment), Sooth African rand, an mony ither currenciesa, e.g. Botswana pula, Euro, Indie rupees, Poond sterling, Australie Dollars. Zimbabwean bond cunyies are uised as a proxy for US dollar an cent cunyies. Zimbabwean bond notes for 2 an 5 dollars war introduced in 2016 at par vailyie o the US dollar
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
Drivin sideleft
Cawin code+263
ISO 3166 codeZW
Internet TLD.zw
  1. The Zimbabwean dollar is na langer in active uise efter it wis offeecially suspendit bi the govrenment due tae hyperinflation. The Unitit States dollar (US$), Euro (€), Sooth African rand (R), Botswana pula (P), Poond sterling (£), Indie rupees (), Australie dollars (A$), Cheenese Renminbi (元/¥), an Japanese yen (¥) are legal tender. The Unitit States dollar haes been adoptit as the offeecial siller for aw govrenment transactions.
Zimbabwe
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