Zimbabwe

Official Name: Republic of Zimbabwe

Geography

Capital: Harare
Major Towns: Bullawayo, Mutare, Harare
Location (geographical coordinates/latitude and longitude): Harare: 17°50'S, 31°3'E
Time Zone: CAT (UTC+2)
Size (Land and Sea): 390,757 km² , Water 1 %
Borders with South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique
Elevation extremes: Lowest point: junction of the Lundi and Savi rivers 162 m, highest point: Inyangani 2,592 m 
 
Politics  
Head of State: President: Robert Mugabe (1980)
Form of Government: Republic with parliamentary government
Independancy: Rhodesia: 11 November 1965; Zimbabwe: 18 April 1980
Currency: Zimbabwe Dollar
 
Industry 

Main Industries: mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages, tourism.
Natural resources: coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals
Agriculture: corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; sheep, goats, pigs.
 
Population and People  

Population: 12,311,143 (2007 est.); 13,010,000 (July 2005 estimate)
Population density per sq mi: 82
Growth rate: 0.6% (2007 est)
Birth rate: 27.7/1000 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.08 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 51.1/1000
Religion: 40-50%: Christians, 10% Roman Catholics, often mixed with traditional beliefs; Ancestral worship is the most practiced non-Christian religion; 1% Muslims
Languages: English, Shona, Ndebele
Ethnic groups / Tribes: Shona 80–84%; Ndebele 8–10%; Bantus of other ethnicity 8–10%; White Zimbabweans 1.5%; Mixed race 0.5%; Asian ethnic groups 0.5% (mainly Chinese and Indian)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 37.2% (male 2,308,731/female 2,266,027); 15-64 years: 59.3% (male 3,663,108/female 3,641,519); 65 years and over: 3.5% (male 198,867/female 232,891) (2007 est.)
Life expectancy: 39.8
Literacy: 90%