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Practice Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River, 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.

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People are called
Zimbabwean
Driving side
Left
Calling code
+263
Capital
Harare
Population
15,178,979
Area
390,757 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
Zimbabwe Gold
Languages
Shona 80.9%, Ndebele 11.5%, English 0.3%
Sells
gold, tobacco, nickel, minerals
Sells to
UAE 45%, China 18%, South Africa 15%
Land borders
4: Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia
Drives on the
left
Calling code
+263
Founded
1980
Hemisphere
Southern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Zimbabwean

These are English demonyms for people from Zimbabwe. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Zimbabwe yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Shonaofficial
80.9%
Ndebeleofficial
11.5%
Englishofficial
0.3%

Largest cities

Harare  capital 1,542,813
Bulawayo 665,952
Chitungwiza 371,246
Mutare 224,802
Epworth 206,365

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Climate and geography

tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)

Climate zone

Highest point

Landlocked. Southern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe Ruler, 1980-2017 Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary, politician, and dictator who led Zimbabwe from 1980 until 2017.
Joshua Nkomo
Joshua Nkomo Liberation leader Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and socialist politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe from 1990 until his death in 1999.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: currencies, languages, official languages.