Zimbabwe March 11, 2020 Africa , African Union , agriculture , AIDS , British colony , British Commonwealth , Bulawayo , choléra , colony , COMESA , Commonwealth , dictatorship , english , English language , Hararé , Kavango–Zambezi , Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area , lac Kariba , landlocked country , Mugabe , Mutare , poverty , Rhodésie , Rhodésie du Sud , Robert Mugabe , SADC , shona , sindebele , Southern Africa , Southern African Development Community , tourism , Victoria Falls , Zambezi , Zambezi River , Zimbabwe Official name Republic of Zimbabwe Name in local language Republic of Zimbabwe (en) Continent Africa Subcontinent Southern Africa Population (ranking: 74e ) 14,025,965 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 1.60 % / year Area 390,757 km² Density 35.89 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 103e )31.001 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 2,147 $USD (2018) GDP growth 6.20 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 58.00 years (2016) Birth rate 34.20 ‰ (2017) Fertility rate 3.98 children / woman (2017) Death rate (ranking ) 10.20 ‰ (2017) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 25.90 ‰ (2016) Literacy rate 90.43 % (2014) Official languages English (Shona and Sindebele spoken) Currency United States Dollar ($ USD) HDI (ranking: 189e )0.563 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )43.41 (2018) Government Unitary dominant-party presidential republic (de jure) ; Military coup under a presidential republic (de facto) Head of State President Emmerson Mnangagwa National Day 18 April (independence of 1980, declared 11 November 1965) ISO Codes ZW, ZWE Demonym Zimbabwean Tourists (ranking ) 2,423,000 people (2017)
Violence and extreme poverty for daily lot Zimbabwe is a landlocked southern African country (without access to the sea ) surrounded by South Africa , Botswana , Mozambique and Zambia . Zambezi, flowing from west to east, from the famous Victoria Falls in the west to Mozambique in the east. These falls, known worldwide, represent the main tourist attraction of the country.
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe Harare, capital city of Zimbabwe Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Hararé 3,465,389 inhabitants Bulawayo 1,200,337 inhabitants Mutare 291,943 inhabitants Gweru 179,884 inhabitants Kwekwe 155,914 inhabitants Kadoma 113,469 inhabitants Masvingo 105,572 inhabitants Victoria Falls 39,614 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Provinces Population Area Bulawayo (Ville) 1,200,337 inhabitants 479 km² Hararé (Ville) 2,123,132 inhabitants 872 km² Manicaland 1,752,698 inhabitants 36,459 km² Mashonaland Central 1,152,520 inhabitants 28,347 km² Mashonaland Occidental 1,501,656 inhabitants 57,441 km² Mashonaland Oriental 1,344,955 inhabitants 32,230 km² Masvingo 1,485,090 inhabitants 56,566 km² Matabeleland Méridional 683,893 inhabitants 54,172 km² Matabeleland Septentrional 749,017 inhabitants 75,025 km² Midlands 1,614,941 inhabitants 49,166 km²
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