Zimbabwe
Coordinates: 20°S 30°E / 20°S 30°E
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 / 17.833°S 31.050°E |
Offeecial leids | |
Ethnic groups (2012) |
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Demonym(s) | Zimbabwean |
Govrenment | Unitar dominant-pairty presidential republic |
• Preses | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
Constantino Chiwenga | |
Legislatur | Pairlament |
Senate | |
Hoose o Assembly | |
Unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick | |
• Declared | 11 November 1965 |
• Recognised | 18 Apryle 1980 |
15 Mey 2013 | |
Aurie | |
• Total | 390,757 km2 (150,872 sq mi) (60t) |
• Water (%) | 1 |
Population | |
• 2012 estimate | 12,973,808[4] (73rd) |
• 2012[5] census | 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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References
eedit- ↑ "Zimbabwe". The Beaver County Times. 13 September 1981. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ↑ "The World Factbook – Zimbabwe". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived frae the original on 16 Apryle 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ↑ The following languages, namely Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda and Xhosa, are the officially recognised languages of Zimbabwe. (Constitution of Zimbabwe (final draft) Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine).
- ↑ "Census Results in Brief" (PDF). Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ a b c d "Zimbabwe". International Monetary Fund.
- ↑ "GINI Index". World Bank. Retrieved 21 Julie 2013.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
- ↑ "Currency in Zimbabwe". GreenwichMeanTime.com. Greenwich 2000. Archived frae the original on 19 Julie 2011. Retrieved 31 Julie 2013.
- ↑ "Zimbabwe to make Chinese yuan legal currency after Beijing cancels debts". Agence France-Presse. The Guardian. 22 December 2015.
- ↑ Hungwe, Brian. (6 February 2014) BBC News – Zimbabwe’s multi-currency confusion. BBC. Retrieved 26 Mey 2014.
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