Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa known for its dramatic landscapes, diverse wildlife, and historical sites such as Victoria Falls and the Great Zimbabwe ruins.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landlocked country
sovereign state
borderCountry Botswana
Mozambique
South Africa
Zambia
callingCode +263
capital Harare
containsCity Bulawayo
Gweru
Masvingo
Mutare
continent Africa
currency Botswana pula
Pound sterling
surface form: British pound sterling

Euro
South African rand
US dollar
surface form: United States dollar

Zimbabwean dollar
demonym Zimbabwean
drivesOn left
formerName Zimbabwe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rhodesia

Zimbabwe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Southern Rhodesia
governmentType unitary dominant-party presidential republic
hasMajorRiver Limpopo River
Zambezi River
hasWorldHeritageSite Zimbabwe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Great Zimbabwe

Khami Ruins
Mana Pools National Park
Victoria Falls
headOfStateTitle President of Zimbabwe
highestPoint Mount Nyangani
independenceDate 1980-04-18
independenceFrom United Kingdom
ISO3166-1Alpha2 ZW
largestCity Harare
legislature Parliament of Zimbabwe
lowerHouse National Assembly of Zimbabwe
majorReligion Christianity
memberOf African Union
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Southern African Development Community
United Nations
officialLanguage English
Northern Ndebele
Shona
subregion Southern Africa
timeZone Central Africa Time
upperHouse Senate of Zimbabwe
UTCOffset +2

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ZWL reintroducedCurrencyOf Zimbabwe
Christina Lamb reportedFrom Zimbabwe
Jacob Mudenda residence Zimbabwe
Port of Maputo servesCountry Zimbabwe
Afrikaans spokenIn Zimbabwe
Chichewa spokenIn Zimbabwe
Lozi spokenIn Zimbabwe
Nguni languages spokenIn Zimbabwe
Sena spokenIn Zimbabwe
Sesotho spokenIn Zimbabwe
Setswana spokenIn Zimbabwe
Shona spokenIn Zimbabwe
Southern Bantu spokenIn Zimbabwe
Tshivenda spokenIn Zimbabwe
Venda spokenIn Zimbabwe
Thornhill Air Base usedBy Zimbabwe
ZWD usedIn Zimbabwe
ZWL usedIn Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean dollar usedIn Zimbabwe
First Lady usedInCountry Zimbabwe
Malan usedInCountry Zimbabwe
Botswana pula usedInTradeWith Zimbabwe