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)
• 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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