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Welcome to Zimbabwe
Your New Adventure
Background Information
• “Large Houses of Stone”• 3 Official Languages– English– Shona– Ndebele
• Area: 390,757 km2 or 150,871 sq mi – Same Size Montana
• Population: 12 million
Geography
• Tropical Climate• Landlocked Country • In Southern Africa• South Africa- to South• Botswana- to Southwest• Zambia- to Northwest• Mozambique- to East• 22 hours flight to JFK• 16 hours flight to London
Economics• Official Currencies: – South African Rand (R)– Botswana Pula (P)– British Pound (£)– the United States Dollar ($) – Euro (€)
• Hyperinflation– Zimbabwe Dollar no longer active– Since 2009, due to Hyperinflation – peak month of inflation is estimated at 6.5 sextillion
% in mid-November 2008
Politics• Capital- Harare• President- Robert
Mugabe• Prime Minister- Morgan
Tsvangirai• Upper House- Senate• Lower House- House of
Assembly
History• Great Zimbabwe (9-13th Century CE)• Ndebele Invasion 18th Century• Cecil Rhodes late 19th Century• 1895- Rhodesia• 1st Chimurenga 1896-7• Self British Ruling Colony- 1923• UDI- 11th November 1965 • 2nd Chimurenga 1975-1980• Independence- 18 April 1980
Magnus ManskeCulture
Lycaon
70%- Shona20%- Ndebele1%- Whites1%- AsiansHome of ScoutingMbira
Keizers
Victoria Falls• Mosi-oa-Tunya- Cloud
that Thunders• largest sheet of falling
water in the world
Hwange National Park
• Area: 14,651 km²– 4 times New Hampshire– ½ of Hawaii
• Established: 1926
JackyRBabakathy
Babakathy
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