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ZIMBABWERepublic 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)
- President:-------------- Robert Gabriel Mugabe.
ECONOMY:
- GDP:--------------- purchasing power parity - $26.4 billion (1996)
GDP
real growth rate:--- 5.5%
GDP per capita:--- $2,340
- Inflation rate (consumer
prices):------------- 21.7% (1996)
- National budget:
Revenues:--- $2.5 billion
Expenditures:--- $2.9 billion
- External Debt:-------------- $4.4 billion
- Currency:--------------- 1 Zimbabwean dollar = 100 cents
- Labor
force:--------------- 4.228 million (1993)
- Unemployment rate:---------------- at least 45%
(1994)
- Agriculture:---------------- Corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts;
cattle, sheep, goats, pigs
- Industries:--------------- Mining, steel, clothing and footwear,
chemicals, foodstuffs, fertilizer, beverages, transportation equipment, wood products.
- Exports:----------------
$2.4 billion
Commodities:--- Agricultural (tobacco and other), manufactured goods, gold, ferrochrome, textiles
- Imports:---------------- $2.2 billion
Commodities:--- Machinery and trasportation
equipment, other manufactured goods, chemicals, fuels.
DEFENCE:
- Defence Expenditures:---------------
Exchange rate conversion - $236 million, 3.4% of GDP
Geography:Zimbabwe
is a landlocked country located in south central Africa.
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