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Revision as of 09:16, 18 March 2014
The Republic of Zimbabwe, formerly known as Southern Rhodesia, the Republic of Rhodesia, and Zimbabwe Rhodesia, is a landlocked sovereign country located in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi River and Limpopo River.[1]
Starting about 800 years ago (circa 1250) the area was ruled until 1629 by the Mutapa Empire, renowned for its gold trade routes with the Arabs. In 1834, the Ndebele people arrived while fleeing from the Zulu leader Shaka, making the area their new empire, Matabeleland. In the 1880s, the British arrived with Cecil Rhodes's British South Africa Company and colonized the area, and it became known as Southern Rhodesia in 1898. The country attained recognised independence in 1980, along with a new name (Zimbabwe), new flag, and new government led by Robert Mugabe of the Zimbabwe African National Union.
In 2000, under the leadership of Mugabe an effort was undertaken to redistribute land from white holders (predominantly large farms) to 250,000 Africans.
Zimbabwe is currently experiencing an economic and food crisis, described by some observers as the country's worst humanitarian crisis since independence, and it has been attributed in varying degrees to government economic mismanagement, government prohibitions on relief efforts from foreign NGOs (non-governmental organizations), a drought affecting the entire region, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.[2]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Zimbabwe.
General reference
[[Image:Zimbabwe-CIA WFB keisha shaged mohsin and lewis .png|thumb|An enlargeable basic map of Zimbabwe]]
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Zimbabwe
- Official English country name: The Republic of Zimbabwe
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Zimbabwean
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Zimbabwe
- International rankings of Zimbabwe
- ISO country codes: ZW, ZWE, 716
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:ZW
- Internet country code top-level domain: .zw
Geography of Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe is: a landlocked country
- Location:
- Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
- Africa
- Time zone: Central Africa Time (UTC+02)
- Extreme points of Zimbabwe
- High: Mount Nyangani 2,592 m (8,504 ft)
- Low: Confluence of Runde River and Save River 162 m (531 ft)
- Land boundaries: 3,066 km
Mozambique 1,231 km
Botswana 813 km
Zambia 797 km
South Africa 225 km
- Coastline: none
- Place names in Zimbabwe
- Population: 11,392,000 people (2009 estimate) - 73rd most populous country
- Area: 390,580 km2 (150,800 sq mi) - 60th largest country
- Atlas of Zimbabwe
Environment of Zimbabwe
- Climate of Zimbabwe
- Ecoregions in Zimbabwe
- Renewable energy in Zimbabwe
- Geology of Zimbabwe
- Protected areas of Zimbabwe
- Wildlife of Zimbabwe
Natural geographic features of Zimbabwe
- Glaciers in Zimbabwe: none [3]
- Islands of Zimbabwe
- Lakes of Zimbabwe
- Mountains of Zimbabwe
- Volcanoes in Zimbabwe: no active volcanoes
- Rivers of Zimbabwe
- Valleys of Zimbabwe
- World Heritage Sites in Zimbabwe
Regions of Zimbabwe
Ecoregions of Zimbabwe
Administrative divisions of Zimbabwe
Provinces of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is divided into 8 provinces and 2 cities with provincial status:
- Bulawayo (city)
- Harare (city)
- Manicaland
- Mashonaland Central
- Mashonaland East
- Mashonaland West
- Masvingo
- Matabeleland North
- Matabeleland South
- Midlands
Districts of Zimbabwe
The Provinces of Zimbabwe are divided into 59 districts and 1,200 municipalities. The districts are listed below, by province:
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Municipalities of Zimbabwe
- Capital of Zimbabwe: Harare
- Cities of Zimbabwe
Demography of Zimbabwe
Government and politics of Zimbabwe
- Main article: Government of Zimbabwe and Politics of Zimbabwe
- Form of government: semi-presidential republic
- Capital of Zimbabwe: Harare
- Politics of Rhodesia
- Elections in Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwean presidential elections
- Zimbabwean and Rhodesian parliamentary elections
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- Land reform in Zimbabwe
- Liberalism in Zimbabwe
- Political parties in Zimbabwe
Branches of the government of Zimbabwe
Executive branch of the government of Zimbabwe
- Head of state: President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe
- Head of government: Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai
- Cabinet of Zimbabwe
Legislative branch of the government of Zimbabwe
Judicial branch of the government of Zimbabwe
Foreign relations of Zimbabwe
Relations with specific countries
- Angola–Zimbabwe relations
- Australia–Zimbabwe relations
- Israel – Zimbabwe relations
- Namibia–Zimbabwe relations
- Sino-Zimbabwe relations
- United States-Zimbabwe relations
International organization membership
The Republic of Zimbabwe is a member of:[1]
Law and order in Zimbabwe
Military of Zimbabwe
- Command
- Forces
- Zimbabwe National Army
- Navy of Zimbabwe: None
- Air Force of Zimbabwe
- Special forces of Zimbabwe
- Military history of Zimbabwe
- Military ranks of Zimbabwe
Local government in Zimbabwe
History of Zimbabwe
- Main article: History of Zimbabwe, years in Zimbabwe, and Current events of Zimbabwe
By period
- Pre-colonial history
- Mutapa Kingdom (c. 1450–1698)
- Torwa dynasty (c. 1450–1683)
- Rozwi Empire (c. 1684–1834)
- Matabeleland (Kingdom: 1837–1894; Province: 1923–present)
- Early European settlement (16th century; c.1890–1923)
- Colonial history
(1923–1965) - Rhodesia
(1965–1979) - Zimbabwe Rhodesia
(1979–1980) - Zimbabwe
(1980 – present)
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By field
Culture of Zimbabwe
- Architecture of Zimbabwe
- Cuisine of Zimbabwe
- Festivals in Zimbabwe
- Languages of Zimbabwe
- Official language: English
- Indigenous languages:
- Primary language of Zimbabwe: Shona (a Bantu language and the native language of the Shona people)
- Sindebele (spoken by the Matabele people)
- Media in Zimbabwe
- National symbols of Zimbabwe
- People of Zimbabwe
- Prostitution in Zimbabwe
- Public holidays in Zimbabwe
- Records of Zimbabwe
- Religion in Zimbabwe
- World Heritage Sites in Zimbabwe
Art in Zimbabwe
- Art in Zimbabwe
- Cinema of Zimbabwe
- Dance in Zimbabwe
- HIFA (Harare International Festival of the Arts)
- Literature of Zimbabwe
- Music of Zimbabwe
- Television in Zimbabwe
- Theatre in Zimbabwe
Sports in Zimbabwe
Economy and infrastructure of Zimbabwe
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 156th (one hundred and fifty sixth)
- Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe
- Communications in Zimbabwe
* Companies of Zimbabwe
- Currency of Zimbabwe: Dollar, Dollar, Euro, Rand, Pula, Pound Sterling[nb 1]
- Economic history of Zimbabwe
- Energy in Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
- Health care in Zimbabwe
- Transport in Zimbabwe
- Air transport in Zimbabwe
- Rail transport in Zimbabwe
- Roads in Zimbabwe
- Water supply and sanitation in Zimbabwe
Economic sectors
- Agriculture in Zimbabwe
- Banking in Zimbabwe
- Communications in Zimbabwe
- Mining in Zimbabwe
- Oil industry in Zimbabwe
- Tourism in Zimbabwe
- Transport in Zimbabwe
Education in Zimbabwe
Health in Zimbabwe
See also
English language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Index of Zimbabwe-related articles
- List of international rankings
- List of Zimbabwe-related topics
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Africa
- Outline of geography
Notes
- ^ Although the Zimbabwean dollar it is still the official currency, the United States dollar, South African rand, Botswanan pula, Pound sterling and Euro are mostly used instead as the local currency is practically worthless. The US Dollar has been adopted as the official currency for all government transactions with the new power-sharing regime.
References
- ^ a b "Zimbabwe". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- ^ "Crisis profile: Zimbabwe's humanitarian situation". Reuters Foundation AlertNet. 26 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- ^ The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.
External links
Zimbabwe at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
- Government
- Parliament of Zimbabwe — official government site
- Zimbabwe Government Online — official government site and mirror site
- News
- New Zimbabwe
- The Zimbabwean
- ZW News
- The Zimbabwe Guardian
- IRIN Zimbabwe — humanitarian news and analysis
- Directories
- Columbia University Libraries — Zimbabwe directory category of the WWW-VL
- Zimbabwe at Curlie
- Yahoo!: Zimbabwe
- Tourism
Outline of Zimbabwe travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Other