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• Hyperinflation– Zimbabwe Dollar no longer active– Since 2009, due to Hyperinflation – peak month of inflation is estimated at 6.5 sextillion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