Outline of Zimbabwe

The Flag of Zimbabwe

The Coat of arms of Zimbabwe

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Zimbabwe:

Zimbabwe – landlocked sovereign country located in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi River and Limpopo River.

General reference

• Pronunciation: /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/
• Common English country name: Zimbabwe
• Official English country name: The Republic of Zimbabwe
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Zimbabwean
• Demonym(s): Zimbabwean(s)
• Etymology: Name of Zimbabwe
• International rankings of Zimbabwe
• ISO country codes: ZW, ZWE, 716
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:ZW
• Internet country code top-level domain: .zw

Geography of Zimbabwe

Geography of Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe is: a landlocked country
• Location:
  • Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
  • Africa
    • East Africa
    • Southern Africa
  • Time zone: Central Africa Time (UTC+02)
  • Extreme points of Zimbabwe
    • High: Mount Nyangani 2,592 m (8,504 ft)
    • Low: Confluence of Runde River and Save River 162 m (531 ft)
  • Land boundaries: 3,066 km

Mozambique 1,231 km

Botswana 813 km

Zambia 797 km

South Africa 225 km

• Coastline: none

• Place names in Zimbabwe
• Population: 11,392,000 people (2009 estimate) - 73rd most populous country
• Area: 390,580 km² (150,800 sq mi) - 60th largest country
• Atlas of Zimbabwe

Environment of Zimbabwe

• Climate of Zimbabwe
• Ecoregions in Zimbabwe
• Renewable energy in Zimbabwe
• Geology of Zimbabwe
• Protected areas of Zimbabwe
  • National parks of Zimbabwe
  • Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Estate
• Wildlife of Zimbabwe
  • Fauna of Zimbabwe
    • Birds of Zimbabwe
    • Mammals of Zimbabwe

Natural geographic features of Zimbabwe

• Glaciers in Zimbabwe: none
• Mountains of Zimbabwe
  • Volcanoes in Zimbabwe: no active volcanoes
• Rivers of Zimbabwe
• World Heritage Sites in Zimbabwe

Regions of Zimbabwe

Regions of Zimbabwe

Ecoregions of Zimbabwe

List of ecoregions in Zimbabwe

Administrative divisions of Zimbabwe

Main article: Provinces of Zimbabwe

• Provinces of Zimbabwe
  • Districts of Zimbabwe
    • Municipalities of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is divided into 8 provinces and 2 cities with provincial status:

1. Bulawayo (city)
2. Harare (city)
3. Manicaland
4. Mashonaland Central
5. Mashonaland East
6. Mashonaland West
7. Masvingo
8. Matabeleland North
9. Matabeleland South
10. Midlands

The Provinces of Zimbabwe are divided into 59 districts and 1,200 municipalities. The districts are listed below, by province:

Bulawayo (city) Bulawayo Harare (city) Harare Manicaland Province Buhera Chimanimani Chipinge Makoni Mutare Mutasa Nyanga Mashonaland Central Province Bindura Guruve Mazowe Mukumbura Muzarabani Shamva

Mashonaland East Province Chikomba Goromonzi Hwedza Marondera Murehwa Mutoko Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe Mashonaland West Province Chegutu Kadoma Kariba Makonde Zvimba Masvingo Province Bikita Chiredzi Chivi Gutu Masvingo Mwenezi Zaka

Matabeleland North Province Binga Bubi Hwange Lupane Nkayi Tsholotsho Umguza Matabeleland South Province Beitbridge Bulilimamangwe Gwanda Insiza Midlands Province Chirumhanzu Gokwe North Gokwe South Gweru Kwekwe Mberengwa Shurugwi Zvishavane

• Capital of Zimbabwe: Harare
• Cities of Zimbabwe
  • Largest cities:
    • Harare
    • Bulawayo
    • Chitungwiza
    • Mutare
    • Gweru
    • Kwekwe
    • Kadoma
    • Masvingo
    • Chinhoyi
    • Marondera

Government and politics of Zimbabwe

Politics of Zimbabwe

• Form of government: semi-presidential republic
• Capital of Zimbabwe: Harare
• Politics of Rhodesia
• Elections in Zimbabwe
  • Zimbabwean presidential elections
    • • 1990
      • 1996
      • 2002
      • 2008
  • Zimbabwean and Rhodesian parliamentary elections
    • • 1899
      • 1902
      • 1905
      • 1908
      • 1911
      • 1914
      • 1920
      • 1924
      • 1928
      • 1933
      • 1934
      • 1939
      • 1946
      • 1948
      • 1954
      • 1958
      • 1962
      • 1965
      • 1970
      • 1974
      • 1977
      • 1979
      • 1980
      • 1985
      • 1990
      • 1995
      • 2000
      • 2005
      • 2008
• Land reform in Zimbabwe
• Liberalism in Zimbabwe
• Political parties in Zimbabwe
  • Operation Murambatsvina
  • Zimbabwe Revenue Authority

History of Zimbabwe

Culture of Zimbabwe

Culture of Zimbabwe

• Architecture of Zimbabwe
• Cuisine of Zimbabwe
• Languages of Zimbabwe
  • Official language: English
  • Indigenous languages:
    • Primary language of Zimbabwe: Shona (a Bantu language and the native language of the Shona people)
    • Sindebele (spoken by the Matabele people)
• Media in Zimbabwe
  • Newspapers in Zimbabwe
• National symbols of Zimbabwe
  • Coat of arms of Zimbabwe
  • Flag of Zimbabwe
  • National anthem of Zimbabwe
• People of Zimbabwe
  • Ndebele people
  • Whites in Zimbabwe
• Prostitution in Zimbabwe
• Public holidays in Zimbabwe
• Religion in Zimbabwe
  • Christianity in Zimbabwe
  • Hinduism in Zimbabwe
  • Islam in Zimbabwe
  • Judaism in Zimbabwe
• World Heritage Sites in Zimbabwe

Economy and infrastructure of Zimbabwe

Economy of Zimbabwe

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 156th (one hundred and fifty sixth)
• Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe
• Communications in Zimbabwe
  • Internet in Zimbabwe

* Companies of Zimbabwe

• Currency of Zimbabwe: Dollar, Dollar, Euro, Rand, Pula, Pound Sterling
  • ISO 4217: ZWD/USD/EUR/ZAR/BWP/GBP
• Economic history of Zimbabwe
• Energy in Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
  • Zimbabwe Industrial Index

• Health care in Zimbabwe
• Transport in Zimbabwe
  • Air transport in Zimbabwe
    • Airlines in Zimbabwe
    • Airports in Zimbabwe
  • Rail transport in Zimbabwe
• Water supply and sanitation in Zimbabwe

Education in Zimbabwe

Education in Zimbabwe

List of schools in Zimbabwe

• Universities in Zimbabwe
  • NUST
  • University of Zimbabwe

Health in Zimbabwe

Health in Zimbabwe

See also

Zimbabwe

• Education in Zimbabwe
• List of international rankings
• List of Zimbabwe-related topics
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Africa
• Outline of geography

Notes

References

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Zimbabwe

Government

• Parliament of Zimbabwe — official government site
• Zimbabwe Government Online — official government site and mirror site

News

• New Zimbabwe
• The Zimbabwean
• ZW News
• The Zimbabwe Guardian
• IRIN Zimbabwe — humanitarian news and analysis

Directories

• Columbia University Libraries — Zimbabwe directory category of the WWW-VL
• Yahoo!: Zimbabwe

Tourism

• Zimbabwe travel guide from Wikivoyage

Other

• Kubatana The NGO Alliance Network
• Zimbabwe Agricultural Welfare Trust (ZAWT)
• Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
• Sokwanele Civic Action Support Group
• BBC, Country Profile, Zimbabwe