Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe#

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The hunter-gatherer San people first inhabited the area that eventually became Zimbabwe.

Government type: presidential republic. Chief of state: President Emmerson Dambudzo MNANGAGWA (since 4 September 2023).

Facts#

Capital

Harare

Region

Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia

Area

total : 390,757 sq km; land: 386,847 sq km; water: 3,910 sq km

Population

17,472,752 (2025 est.)

Languages

Shona (official, most widely spoken) 80.9%, Ndebele (official, second most widely spoken) 11.5%, English (official, traditionally used for official business) 0.3%, 13 minority languages (official; includes Chewa, Chibarwe, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Shangani, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, and Xhosa) 7%, other 0.3% (2022 est.)

Currency

Zimbabwean dollars (ZWD)

Time zone

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ccTLD

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Refugees#

Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.

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