* Republic
of Zimbabwe
* Population: 11 million
* Timezone: GMT + 2
* Area: 391,090 square kilometres / 150,961 square miles
* Borders with: Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa
* Capital: Harare
* Major Towns: Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare
* Physical: The Limpopo River to the south forms the border with South Africa; in the north west the Zambezi River, including the Victoria Falls, forms the border with Zambia. A range of mountains and highlands with Mt Inyangani at 2,592 meters / 8504 feet forms the eastern border. There is a high central plateau between the Limpopo and the Zambezi
* Agriculture: Most of the population are engaged in agriculture: cattle, poultry, pigs, vegetables, millet, sorghum, maize, rice, cassava, tea, coffee, groundnuts, cotton, wheat, sugar cane, timber.
* Mining: Copper, silver, tin, coal, nickel, cobalt, gold, iron ore, asbestos, chrome.
* Manufacturing: Iron, steel, food processing, textiles, brewing, wood, furniture, tobacco.
The mighty cascade of the Zambezi River, as it plunges into the Batoka Gorge, is the widest curtain of falling water on the planet. David Livingstone, the British explorer, visited the falls in 1855 and named them for Queen Victoria.
Victoria Falls has a drop of 420 ft, in the Zambezi River, on the Zambia and Zimbabwe border.
The Mbira is a musical instrument popular among the Shona of Zimbabwe for at least 1,000 years. It is often heard at religious rituals, in the royal courts and at social gatherings. The name means ancestor spirits.
The metal keys on the instruments are curved upward at the loose ends, and are stroked with the two thumbs plucking down and the right forefinger plucking up. The sound is somewhat like a marimba, but with an almost harp-like effect.
* Tribes: Shona approximately 75% and Ndebele approximately 18%. Europeans approximately 2%.
Shona is a native language of Zimbabwe. It is an official language of Zimbabwe (together with Ndebele and English), and spoken by more than 80% of Zimbabwe's population
* Population: 11 million
* Timezone: GMT + 2
* Area: 391,090 square kilometres / 150,961 square miles
* Borders with: Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa
* Capital: Harare
* Major Towns: Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare
* Physical: The Limpopo River to the south forms the border with South Africa; in the north west the Zambezi River, including the Victoria Falls, forms the border with Zambia. A range of mountains and highlands with Mt Inyangani at 2,592 meters / 8504 feet forms the eastern border. There is a high central plateau between the Limpopo and the Zambezi
* Agriculture: Most of the population are engaged in agriculture: cattle, poultry, pigs, vegetables, millet, sorghum, maize, rice, cassava, tea, coffee, groundnuts, cotton, wheat, sugar cane, timber.
* Mining: Copper, silver, tin, coal, nickel, cobalt, gold, iron ore, asbestos, chrome.
* Manufacturing: Iron, steel, food processing, textiles, brewing, wood, furniture, tobacco.
The mighty cascade of the Zambezi River, as it plunges into the Batoka Gorge, is the widest curtain of falling water on the planet. David Livingstone, the British explorer, visited the falls in 1855 and named them for Queen Victoria.
Victoria Falls has a drop of 420 ft, in the Zambezi River, on the Zambia and Zimbabwe border.
The Mbira is a musical instrument popular among the Shona of Zimbabwe for at least 1,000 years. It is often heard at religious rituals, in the royal courts and at social gatherings. The name means ancestor spirits.
The metal keys on the instruments are curved upward at the loose ends, and are stroked with the two thumbs plucking down and the right forefinger plucking up. The sound is somewhat like a marimba, but with an almost harp-like effect.
* Tribes: Shona approximately 75% and Ndebele approximately 18%. Europeans approximately 2%.
Shona is a native language of Zimbabwe. It is an official language of Zimbabwe (together with Ndebele and English), and spoken by more than 80% of Zimbabwe's population
