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Zimbabwe Facts
Size: 390,580 square kilometers (slightly larger than Montana)
Capital: Harare
Population: 12.65 million
Life expectancy at birth:
 | Total Population: 37.78 years |
| Male: 39.18 years |
| Female: 36.34 years |
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Zimbabwe
is the Shona
word meaning
'house of rock'. |
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Climate:
| Tropical to sub-tropical; |
| Temperatures vary with altitude (lows in 40’s & 50’s Fahrenheit in
winter in Harare) |
| November-March rainy season (except in eastern highlands). |
Religions:
| Christian: 25% |
| Syncretist (indigenous beliefs mixed with Christian beliefs): 50% |
| Indigenous beliefs: 24% |
| Muslim and other: 1% |
Time:
| Greenwich Mean Time plus 2 hours |
Exports:
- Tobacco, gold, ferro-alloys, nickel, cotton, maize, sugar, coffee,
asbestos, copper, iron and steel, textiles and clothing, meat.
Imports:
Machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, chemicals,
manufactured goods.
Main Industries:
Mining, metals (mainly ferrochrome and steel) and metal products, textiles
and clothing, chemicals, food processing, beverages and tobacco.
Main Crops:
Maize, millet, sweet potatoes, bananas, coffee, cotton, tea.
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Last Updated: August 7, 2001
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