Zimbabwe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg There are 12,746,990 people in Zimbabwe. Khoisan people occupied the area about 5000 years ago or earlier. They depicted scenes of life in rock paintings across Zimbabwe; these are known as the Bushman paintings.Britain's Lord Soames was appointed governor to oversee the disarming of revolutionary guerrillas, the holding of elections and the granting of independence to an uneasy coalition government with Joshua Nkomo, head of ZAPU. In the free elections of February 1980, Mugabe and his ZANU won a landslide victory.[22] Mugabe won the re-election.
In 1982, Joshua Nkomo was ousted from his cabinet, sparking fighting between ZAPU supporters in the Ndebele-speaking region of the country and the ruling ZANU. A peace accord was negotiated in 1987, resulting in ZAPU's merger (1988) into the ZANU-PF.
Capital(and largest city)
Harare17°50′S 31°3′E / -17.833, 31.05
Official languages
English
Recognised regional languages
Shona, Sindebele
Demonym
Zimbabwean
Government
Semi-presidential, parliamentary, consociationalist republic (led by ZANU-PF and MDC)
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President
Robert Mugabe
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Vice President
Joseph MsikaJoice Mujuru
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Prime Minister
Morgan Tsvangirai
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Deputy Prime Minister
Arthur MutambaraThokozani Khuphe
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President of the Senate
Edna Madzongwe
Independence
from the United Kingdom
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Rhodesia
November 11, 1965
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Zimbabwe
April 18, 1980
Area
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Total
390,757 km² (60th)150,871 sq mi
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Water (%)
1
Population
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January 2008 estimate
13,349,0001 (68th)
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Density
33/km² (170th)85/sq mi
GDP (PPP)
2008 estimate
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Total
$2.2 billion (158th)
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Per capita
$188 (179th)
Gini (2003)
56.8 (high)
HDI (2007)
▲ 0.513 (medium) (151st)
Currency
Dollar ($) (ZWD)
Time zone
Central Africa Time (UTC+2)
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Summer (DST)
Not observed (UTC+2)
Internet TLD
.zw
Calling code
+263