Zimbabwe

Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe
Also known as: Nyika yeZimbabwe (Shona), Dziko la Zimbabwe (Chewa), Lefatshe la Zimbabwe (Tswana), Riphabliki ra Zimbabwe (Shangani), Riphabuḽiki ya Zimbabwe (Venda), IRiphabhlikhi yaseZimbabwe (Xhosa), Rephabliki ea Zimbabwe (Sotho)

Flag of Zimbabwe
Capital of Zimbabwe: Harare
Area of Zimbabwe: 390,757 km² (150,872 mi²) (61rd)
Population of Zimbabwe: 16,634,373 (74th) - (2024 est.)
Location: South-central Africa
Languages of Zimbabwe: Shona (official, most widely spoken) 80.9%, Ndebele (official, second most widely spoken) 11.5%, English (official, traditionally used for official business) 0.3%, 13 minority languages (official; includes Chewa, Chibarwe, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Shangani, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, and Xhosa) 7%, other 0.3% (2022 est.)
Religions of Zimbabwe: Apostolic Sect 40.3%, Pentecostal 17%, Protestant 13.8%, other Christian 7.8%, Roman Catholic 6.4%, African traditionalist 5%, other 1.5% (includes Muslim, Hindu), none 8.3% (2022 est.)
Ethnic groups of Zimbabwe: African 99.6% (predominantly ShonaNdebele is the second largest ethnic group), other (includes Caucasian, Asiatic, mixed race) 0.4% (2022 est.)
Currency of Zimbabwe: De jure: Zimbabwean ZiG (ZiG) (ZWG), De facto: United States dollar ($) (USD), South African rand (R) (ZAR); Other currencies.
Time zone: UTC+2 (CAT)
Calling code: (+263)
Organizations: United Nations, Southern African Development Community

Border countries (4): Botswana 834 km, Mozambique 1,402 km, South Africa 230 km, Zambia 763 km.
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Administrative divisions of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Map

8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status:
Bulawayo*, Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Midlands.

Natural resources: coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, diamond, platinum group metals.