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 14 ither offeecial names:
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Motto: "Unity, Freedom, Work"[1] | |
Location o Zimbabwe (dark blue) in the African Union (light blue) | |
Caipital and largest city | Harare 17°50′S 31°3′E |
Offeecial leids | |
Ethnic groups (2012) |
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Demonym(s) | Zimbabwean |
Govrenment | Unitar dominant-pairty presidential republic |
• Preses | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
• Vice Preses | Constantino Chiwenga |
Legislatur | Pairlament |
• 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[4] (73rd) |
13,061,239 | |
• Density | 26/km2 (67.3/sq mi) (170t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $29.795 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $2,002[6] |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $15.285 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $1,027[6] |
Gini (1995) | 50.1[7] heich |
HDI (2015) | 0.516[8] law · 154t |
Currency | Unitit 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 zone | UTC+2 (CAT[9]) |
Drivin side | left |
Cawin code | +263 |
ISO 3166 code | ZW |
Internet TLD | .zw |
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