NATIONAL FLAG

Zimbabwe's flag depicts seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow, and green. 
A white equilateral triangle is on the hoist side, with yellow Zimbabwe bird superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the centre.

GEOGRAPHY:

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: 
20 00 S, 30 00 E 

TOTAL LAND AREA:
Total: 390,580 sq. km
Land: 386,670 sq km 
Water: 3,910 sq km

ELEVATION EXTREMES: 
Lowest Point: Junction of the Runde and Save rivers 162 m 
Highest Point: Inyangani 2,592 m 

LAND BOUNDARIES: 
total: 3,066 km 
Border Countries: Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa 225 km, Zambia 797 km 

TERRAIN: 
Mostly high plateau with higher central plateau (high veld); mountains in east

FEATURES: 
The northwest portion of the country consists mainly of plateaus interspersed with giant granite outcroppings (many of these are covered with rock art from the early San people). The northeast is where the Eastern Highlands with their forests and lakes lie. The southern portion of the country consists of the level savannah of the Save Basin. 

ETHNIC GROUPS: 
Shona, Ndebele, other African, white, mixed and Asian

RELIGIONS: 
Christianity, Muslim, Hindu and African tradition/culture


ECONOMY:

AGRICULTURE: 
Types of crops and livestock: Corn, Cotton, Tobacco, Wheat, Coffee, Tea, Sugarcane, Peanuts, Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Pigs.

NATURAL RESOURCES:
Deposits of more than 40 minerals including: Ferrochrome, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Asbestos, 19 million hectares of forest (2000).

GOVERNMENT:

Date of Independence: 18 April 1980
(Prior to independence Zimbabwe was known as Rhodesia)
President: Robert Mugabe 




ZIMBABWE NATIONAL TOURIST BOARD: 
Harare - Head Office 
P O Box CY286, Causeway
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263-4-752570 / 758730/34/ 758714/12
Fax: +263-4-758826/28
E-mail: info@ztazim.co.zw 





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