Zimbabwe Facts

Name: Zimbabwe
(long form) Republic of Zimbabwe
Capital City: Harare (1,600,000 pop.)
Zimbabwe Population: 13,182,908 (2013 est.)
World Populations (all countries)
Currency: Zimbabwean Dollar (ZWD)
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500 Zimbabwean Dollar
Ethnicity: African 98% (Shona 82%, Ndebele 14%, other 2%), mixed and Asian 1%, white less than 1%
GDP total: $7.366 billion (2012 est.)
GDP per capita: $600 (2012 est.)
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Language: English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects
Largest Cities: (by population) Harare, Bulawayo, Chitungwiza, Mutare, Gweru, Epworth
Name: Derived from the word dzimba-dza-mabwe, a Karanga dialect of the Shona language, meaning "large houses of stone"
National Day: April 18
Religion: syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%
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