Zimbabwe Country Info - Africa

Description and Basic Information

Zimbabwe with its capital Harare is located in Africa (Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia). It covers some 390,581 square kilometres (slightly larger than Montana) with 12,382,000 citizens. English, Shona, Ndebele, South, Ndebele and North are the languages used by people in Zimbabwe (consider regional differences). South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana and Zambia are bordering countries.

Zimbabwe is a country in Southern Africa. It is landlocked and is surrounded by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest, and Mozambique to the east and north. Mana Pools National Park, South of the Zambezi river in the North of Zimbabwe, is a UNESCO world heritage site. A remote location, it welcomes happy few safari lovers with an abundance of elephant, hippo, lions, antelope, girafe and other animals, and over 350 bird species, in stunning landscapes.

Pictures from Capital (Harare)

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About Zimbabwe

The topography features mostly high plateau with higher central plateau (high veld) with mountains in east. The average density of population is about 31 per km². The climate in Zimbabwe can be described as tropical with moderated by altitude, rainy season (November to March). Potential natural disasters are recurring droughts or floods and severe storms are rare.

To reach someone in Zimbabwe dial +263 prior to a number. There are 385,100 installed telephones. And there are 2,991,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".zw". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 10 regions/states in Zimbabwe we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Zimbabwean population grew at a rate of 2.95% (or by 344,196 citizens). With 173,613 deaths and 367,849 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.67%. 149,959 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Zimbabwe: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.