Key facts
Capital: Harare
Location: Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia
Government: Republic of Zimbabwe
Currency: Zimbabwean dollars (ZWD)
Area: 390,757 sq km
Population: 14,829,988 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Shona (official; most widely spoken), Ndebele (official, second most widely spoken), English (official; traditionally used for official business), 13 minority languages (official; includes Chewa, Chibarwe, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Shangani, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, and Xhosa)
Religion: Protestant 74.8% (includes Apostolic 37.5%, Pentecostal 21.8%, other 15.5%), Roman Catholic 7.3%, other Christian 5.3%, traditional 1.5%, Muslim 0.5%, other 0.1%, none 10.5% (2015 est.)
TimeZone: UTC+2
Tel Code: +263
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