ZIMBABWE Republic of Zimbabwe
GEOGRAPHY: - Location:- Southern Africa
- Area:
Total area:- 390,580 sq. km
Land area:- 386,670 sq. km
- Capital city:- Harare
- Natural Resources: Coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals.
PEOPLE:
- Population: 11,044,147
- Literacy rate: 85% of total population, (Males:90%, Females:80%).
- Languages: English(offical), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects.
- Religious:- 50%-syncretic (part Christian part indigenous beliefs), 25%-Christian, 24%-indegenous beliefs, 1%-Muslim and other.
VITAL STATISTICS:
- Birth rate:- 31.65 (per 1,000 population)(1997)
- Death rate:- 31.65 (per 1,000 population)
- Infant Mortality rate: 72.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
- Fertility rate:- 3.94 (per woman)
- Life Expectancy at birth:
Total population:- 40.84 (Males:40.85, Females:40.85).
GOVERNMENT: - Type of Government: Parliamentary Democracy.
- Independence: April 18, 1980 (from UK)
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