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 Zimbabwe 
 Main prefix
 Z2 
 Callsigns series
 Z2A-Z2Z 
 Time zone
 +2 h 
 Continent
 Africa 
 ITU zone
 53 
 CQ zone
 38 
 
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 Coin 
 Banknote 
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 Flag 
 Flag description 
Seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow, and green with a white isosceles triangle edged in black with its base on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird is superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the center of the triangle.
 
          Zimbabwe          
 
 Zimbabwe 
 Capital: 
Harare
 Administrative
 divisions: 
8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status: Bulawayo*, Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, and Midlands.
 Population: 
11,376,676 (July 2002 est.)
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
 Languages: 
English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
20° 00' S, 30° 00' E
 Area total: 
390,580 sq. km
 Land area: 
386,670 sq. km
 Water area: 
3,910 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
3,066 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa 225 km, Zambia 797 km
 Coastline: 
0 km (landlocked)
 Elevation
 extremes: 
junction of the Runde and Save rivers 162 m - Inyangani 2,592 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.zw
 Currency: 
Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Zimbabwe
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Zimbabwe
 Former name: 
Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia
 Independence: 
18 April 1980 (from UK)
 Constitution: 
21 December 1979
 Government
 type: 
parliamentary democracy
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 18 April (1980)
 
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