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Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, [3] with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most common. Zimbabwe is a member of the United Nations, the Southern African Development Community, the African Union, and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. The region was long inhabited by the San, and was settled by Bantu peoples around 2,000 years ago.
Common English country name: Zimbabwe; Official English country name: The Republic of Zimbabwe; Common endonym(s): Official endonym(s): Adjectival(s): Zimbabwean; Demonym(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 ...
In September 2023, Zimbabwe signed control over almost 20% of the country's land to the carbon offset company Blue Carbon. [113] Economic statistics 2021. GDP growth in Zimbabwe is projected to reach 3.9% in 2021, a significant improvement after a two-year recession, according to the World Bank Zimbabwe Economic Update. [114]
1945 Rhodesian rail strike [1] [2]; 1947 Dadaya school strike, strike by students at the Dadaya mission school in Southern Rhodesia. [3]1947 Mount Selinda High School strike, strike by students at the Mount Selinda High School in Southern Rhodesia, against the practice of students being forced to work for the mission during school breaks.
White immigration to the Company realm was initially modest, but intensified during the 1900s and early 1910s, particularly south of the Zambezi. The economic slump in the Cape following the Second Boer War motivated many white South Africans to move to Southern Rhodesia, and from about 1907 the company's land settlement programme encouraged more immigrants to stay for good. [5]
Satellite image of Zimbabwe Topography of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's cities, main towns, selected villages and archaeological sites, rivers and its highest point. Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa lying north of the Tropic of Capricorn. [1]
Zimbabwe, a name that conjours images of sprawling savannahs, majestic wildlife, and the enigmatic ruins of an ancient city, is a country with a deeply layered past. From its precolonial prosperity and complexity to the trials of colonialism and the eventual tumult of independence and beyond, Zimbabwe's history is a profound story of resilience ...
The population of Zimbabwe has grown during the 20th century. This is in accordance with the model of a developing country with high birth rates and falling death rates, resulting in relatively high population growth rate (around 3% or above in the 1960s and early 1970s). After a spurt in the period 1980–1983 following independence, a decline ...