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Zimbabwe is a country in southern Africa that borders South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Mozambique. Its capital is Harare and the official language is English. This guide contains information on the key stats, history, geography and climate, government, economy, foreign affairs, culture, and tourism of Zimbabwe.
Created by Author Kelsey Ryan

Subject: Geography

Zimbabwe
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Reference

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe and formerly Southern Rhodesia, the Republic of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe Rhodesia, is a landlocked country, located in the southern part of the continent
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Web Sites

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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/zi.html
Find information about Zimbabwe's geography, people, government, economy, and transportation. From the CIA.
http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/
Daily digest of articles about Zimbabwe, compiled from a variety of news sources.
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/international/countriesandterritories/zimbabwe
World news about Zimbabwe. Breaking news and archival information about its people, politics and economy from The New York Times.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/zimbabwe
Zimbabwe tourism and travel information including facts, maps, history, culture, ... See all hotels and hostels in Zimbabwe. Travel Services. Travel insurance ...
http://www.state.gov/p/af/ci/zi/
Country of Zimbabwe ... In Zimbabwe, No End to Suffering ... Special Briefing on Zimbabwe ...
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_zimbabwe.html
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Books and Articles

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http://www.amazon.com/Afghanistan-Zimbabwe-Country-Nationa-Geographic/dp/0792279816
Where We Have Hopeis the gripping memoir of a young American journalist. In 1980, Andrew Meldrum arrived in a Zimbabwe flush with new independence, and he fell in love with the country and its
http://www.amazon.com/Mugabe-Plunder-Struggle-Zimbabwes-Future/dp/158648558X
Robert Mugabe came to power in Zimbabwe in 1980 after a long civil war in Rhodesia. The white minority government had become an international outcast in refusing to give in to the inevitability of
http://www.amazon.com/Suffering-Territory-Place-Power-Zimbabwe/dp/0822335700
Since 2000, black squatters have forcibly occupied white farms across Zimbabwe, reigniting questions of racialized dispossession, land rights, and legacies of liberation. Donald S. Moore probes these
http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Development-Protestant-Morality-Economics/dp/0804753369
Religious NGOs are important sources of humanitarian aid in Africa, entering where the welfare programs of weakened states fail to provide basic services. As collaborators and critics of African
http://www.amazon.com/Voice-Heard-Zimbabwe-Singing-Cultures/dp/0937203041
Religious NGOs are important sources of humanitarian aid in Africa, entering where the welfare programs of weakened states fail to provide basic services. As collaborators and critics of African
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Educational

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1064589.stm
This news site provides an overview of Zimbabwe, including a brief history, profile of leaders
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/zimbabwe504/
Companion website to a June 2006 program that "goes undercover in Zimbabwe to reveal what has
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/2000/ss-000418.html#IntheNews
This weekend the land crisis in Zimbabwe was marked by violence as one white farmer was killed and
http://www.undp.org.zw
Background and news about United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) activities in Zimbabwe in
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr92.pdf
the use torture as a means to achieve political ends in Zimbabwe. The brief report is divided into
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Key Stats

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Key Stats
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p95-07-1.pdf
Division, U.S. Census Bureau. Enrique J. Lamas, Chief, Population ... Population by Age and Sex in Zimbabwe With and Without HIV/AIDS-Related Mortality: 2030. ...
http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/faculty/hodgson/Courses/so191/Projects2005/HeatherF/Zimbabwe_Study.html
Zimbabwe's Flag. History. The UK annexed Southern Rhodesia from the ... The graph below from the U.S. Census Bureau gives the Infant Mortality Rate and Life ...
http://www.statoids.com/uzw.html
The Zimbabwe Relief and Recovery page has 1992 and 2002 census figures for the ... Capital. Harare. Southern Rhodesia was a territory administered by the ...
http://www.prb.org/Articles/2004/ZimbabwesPoliticalandEconomicProblemsHinderEffectiveResponsetoAIDS.aspx
"Live online" conversations about population, health, and environment ... Census Bureau, The AIDS Pandemic in the 21st Century" International Population ...
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=6123
... Zimbabwean economist says the latest census figures for 2002 are final evidence ... The census shows Zimbabwe had a population of about 11.6 million in ...
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History

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History
http://www.historyofnations.net/africa/zimbabwe.html
Provides a history of Zimbabwe from ancient time to the present. ... He noted that while Zimbabwe opposed apartheid and would support democratic ...
http://www.usaid.gov/zw/html/History.html
The USAID program of development assistance to Zimbabwe, dates back 23 years, and has been wide-ranging, including support for structural adjustment, sustainable ...
http://www.bulawayo1872.com/history/zimhistory.htm
The History of Zimbabwe from its origins in the hands of native Africans to ... and created the Rozwi state and encompassed over half of present day Zimbabwe. ...
http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Zimb.html
The land of Zimbabwe was settled by the British in 1890 and named Rhodesia after ... Throughout the history of colonial rule, there was much civil unrest among ...
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:History_of_Zimbabwe
Category:History of Zimbabwe. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository ... Maps of the history of Zimbabwe (2 C, 15 F) S [+] Stamps of Southern ...
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Geography and Climate

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Geography
http://weather.yahoo.com/regional/ZIXX.html
Yahoo! Weather: Weather Forecast, High and Low temperatures, Satellite maps, News, Video and more. ... Zimbabwe. Buffalo Range. Bulawayo. Chegutu. Chitungwiza ...
http://www.southtravels.com/africa/zimbabwe/weather.html
Weather and Climate in Zimbabwe - with Instant Confirmation and Last Minute Rooms Availability ... Because of the elevation (averaging 3,000 ft/915 m), it ...
http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blzimbabwe.htm
Geography and maps of Zimbabwe, from your About.com Guide ... Climate Change and Issues. Geography of the Earth. GIS and GPS. History of Geography ...
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/ZW_cc.html
Government Internet Service Home page. The starting point for official governemnt weather forecasts, warning, and meteorological products for forecasting the weather.
http://www.wunderground.com/global/ZW.html
... cities on one page, with five-day forecast and more detailed information for each available. ... Climate Change. Tornadoes. WX Radio. Sports. Weather ...
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Government

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Government
http://www.gta.gov.zw/
Provides presidential addresses, ministerial pronouncements, and foreign affairs information for Zimbabwe.
http://www.zimbabwenews.com/politics.html
Zimbabwe News, from over 1200 sources updated continuosly plus links to Zimbabwe's news papers and magazines. ... Politics. Infotainment. Links Dir. Zimbabwe ...
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5479.htm
Country profile of Zimbabwe covering the nation's people, government, history, economy, and foreign relations. ... British Settlement and Administration ...
http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v7/v7i2a6.htm
ZAPU and ZANU continued their armed struggle against the Rhodesian government. ... important appointments in the administration, the judiciary, police and army. ...
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr92.html
Watch and listen to audio on Zimbabwe's Mugabe government and the politics of torture. ... of Congo and using those resources to finance its reign of terror in ...
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Economy

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Economy
http://www.sokwanele.com/economy.html
Agriculture. Child healthcare. Commercial. Economic collapse. Economy. Education. Health ... Zimbabwe's Economy. Zimbabwe's Elections. Justice and Law. Mugabe Quotes ...
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/08/zimbabwes_ruined_economy_signa.html
Zimbabwe's Ruined Economy Signals End for Mugabe. Rupert Murdoch: Satan or ... Inflation spiraled, the stock market plummeted, and the economy is now in ruins. ...
http://allafrica.com/stories/200804090127.html
allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience ... Food, Agriculture and Rural Issues. Economy, Business and Finance. Sustainable Development. Zimbabwe ...
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810241074.html
allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience ... economic crisis in Zimbabwe has dealt a body ... Economy, Business and Finance. Zimbabwe " ...
http://www.uneca.org/era2002/chap4.pdf
Agriculture has historically been the mainstay of Zimbabwe's economy, ... First, manufacturing has been an "infant" industry in Zimbabwe, and uncompetitive ...
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Foreign Affairs

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Foreign Affairs
http://trinicenter.com/cgi-bin/selfnews/viewnews.cgi?newsid1214414595,67081,.shtml
... of state for international development Claire Short in a letter to Zimbabwe's ... Like Cuba, Zimbabwe is not a... military threat to the US and Britain. ...
http://gowans.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/zimbabwe-at-war/
... of state for international development Claire Short in a letter to Zimbabwe's ... Like Cuba, Zimbabwe is not a... military threat to the US and Britain. ...
http://publicdiplomacy.wikia.com/wiki/Zimbabwe
... Zimbabwe's Head of State and Commander in Chief of the defense ... Zimbabwe Ministry of Foreign Affairs www.zimfa.gov.zm [edit] International Broadcasting ...
http://www.africaspeaks.com/articles/2008/2506.html
... of state for international development Claire Short in a letter to Zimbabwe's ... Like Cuba, Zimbabwe is not a... military threat to the US and Britain. ...
http://www.cfr.org/publication/15793/zimbabwes_security_sector.html
... military expenditure database says Zimbabwe spent $132 million on defense in ... a phrase first coined in a 2004 essay in Foreign Affairs by Suzanne Nossel. ...
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Culture

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Culture
http://www.search.com/reference/Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe ... Zimbabwe (600) Society and Culture (153) Business and Economy ... 11 Culture and recreation. 11.1 Food. 11.2 Birthplace of Scouting. 12 Tourism ...
http://www.answers.com/topic/zimbabwe
... (Click to enlarge) Zimbabwe (Mapping Specialists, Ltd.) Zimbabwe A country of ... 11 Culture and recreation. 11.1 Food. 11.2 Birthplace of Scouting. 12 Tourism ...
http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/Zimbabwe.html
Child Rearing and Education. ... Primary school starts when a child is ... of a child who was expected to enter college or university but failed to do so. ... Contributed by
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Tourism

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Tourism
http://www.zimbabwetourism.co.zw/
Official site of Zimbabwe Tourism Authority. Features facts, a tourism directory, photographs, historical background, and resources.
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191501613-zimbabwe_vacations-i
Zimbabwe vacations: Find the best Zimbabwe hotels, attractions, maps, pictures, weather, airport information, travel advice and more on Yahoo! Travel.
http://www.zimbabwetourism.co.zw/znta.htm
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority is calling for nominations for the Annual ... to recognize and honor the luminaries of the tourism and hospitality industry ...
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g293759-Zimbabwe-Vacations.html
Zimbabwe: Visit TripAdvisor for 328 unbiased reviews and travel guides on hotels, attractions, and restaurants in Zimbabwe, Africa.
http://www.einnews.com/zimbabwe/newsfeed-zimbabwe-tourism
Zimbabwe Travel & Tourism News. Service for global professionals. Constantly updated news and information about Zimbabwe. ... Miss Tourism Zimbabwe 2008 ...
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