Republic of Zimbabwe | |
|---|---|
| Motto: "Unity, Freedom, Work"[1] | |
| Anthem: "Blessed be the land of Zimbabwe"[2] | |
.svg) Location of Zimbabwe (dark green) | |
| Capital and largest city | Harare 17°49′45″S 31°03′08″E / 17.82917°S 31.05222°E |
| Official languages | 16 languages:[3] |
| Ethnic groups (2022 Census)[4] | |
| Religion (2017)[5] |
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| Demonym(s) | Zimbabwean Zimbo[6] (colloquial) |
| Government | Unitary presidential republic |
| Emmerson Mnangagwa | |
| Constantino Chiwenga | |
| Kembo Mohadi | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Senate | |
| National Assembly | |
| Independence from the United Kingdom | |
• Declared | 11 November 1965 |
• Republic | 2 March 1970 |
| 1 June 1979 | |
| 18 April 1980 | |
| 15 May 2013 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 390,757 km2 (150,872 sq mi) (60th) |
• Water (%) | 1 |
| Population | |
• 2024 January estimate | 16,868,409[7] (73rd) |
• 2022 census | 15,178,957[8] |
• Density | 39/km2 (101.0/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate |
• Total |  $44.448 billion[9] (131st) |
• Per capita | $2,749[9] (175th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | $32.424 billion[9] (153rd) |
• Per capita | $2,005[9] (149th) |
| Gini (2019) |  50.3[10]high inequality |
| HDI (2022) |  0.550[11]medium (159th) |
| Currency | ZiG[12] U.S. dollar ($) (USD)[13] South African rand;[13] Other currencies[note 1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT[14]) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Drives on | left |
| Calling code | +263 |
| ISO 3166 code | ZW |
| Internet TLD | .zw |
Zimbabwe (/zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ, -wi/ ; Shona pronunciation: [zi.ᵐba.ɓwe]), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare, and the second largest is Bulawayo.
A country of roughly 16.6 million people as per 2024 census,[15] Zimbabwe's largest ethnic group are the Shona, who make up 80% of the population, followed by the Northern Ndebele and other smaller minorities. Zimbabwe has 16 official languages,[3] with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most common. Zimbabwe is a member of the United Nations, the Southern African Development Community, the African Union, and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.
Beginning in the 9th century, during its late Iron Age, the Bantu people (who would become the ethnic Shona) built the city-state of Great Zimbabwe; the city-state became one of the major African trade centres by the 11th century but was abandoned by the mid 15th century.[16] From there, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe was established, followed by the Rozvi and Mutapa empires. The British South Africa Company of Cecil Rhodes demarcated the Rhodesia region in 1890 when they conquered Mashonaland and later in 1893 Matabeleland after the First Matabele War. Company rule ended in 1923 with the establishment of Southern Rhodesia as a self-governing British colony. In 1965, the white minority government unilaterally declared independence as Rhodesia. The state endured international isolation and a 15-year guerrilla war with black nationalist forces; this culminated in a peace agreement that established de jure sovereignty as Zimbabwe in April 1980.
Robert Mugabe became Prime Minister of Zimbabwe in 1980, when his ZANU–PF party won the general election following the end of white minority rule and has remained the country's dominant party since. He was the President of Zimbabwe from 1987, after converting the country's initial parliamentary system into a presidential one, until his resignation in 2017. Under Mugabe's authoritarian regime, the state security apparatus dominated the country and was responsible for widespread human rights violations.[17] From 1997 to 2008 the economy experienced consistent decline (and in the latter years, hyperinflation), though it has since seen rapid growth after the use of currencies other than the Zimbabwean dollar was permitted. In 2017, in the wake of over a year of protests against his government as well as Zimbabwe's rapidly declining economy, a coup d'état resulted in Mugabe's resignation. Emmerson Mnangagwa has since served as Zimbabwe's president.
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- ^ "Zimbabwe 2022 Population and Housing Census Report, vol. 1" (PDF). ZimStat. Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency. p. 122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Inter Censal Demography Survey 2017 Report" (PDF). Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency. 2017.
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- ^ "Human Development Report 2023/24". United Nations Development Programme. 13 March 2024. Archived from the original on 19 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Zimbabwe introduces new currency as depreciation and rising inflation stoke economic turmoil". Associated Press News. 5 April 2024.
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- ^ "Zimbabwe 2015 Human Rights Report". United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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