Country

Zimbabwe

Also Known As Republic of Zimbabwe

Eastern Africa

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, situated between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers and bordered by South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique. The region was long inhabited by San peoples, with Bantu groups settling roughly 2,000 years ago; beginning in the eleventh century the Shona people built the city of Great Zimbabwe, which by the thirteenth century had become one of Africa's major trade centers and gave the modern country its name. Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe gained independence from the United Kingdom on 18 April 1980. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Capital

Harare 2

Population

17,166,852 2

Wikipedia's infobox carries a continuously updated growth-model estimate rather than a fixed annual census figure; the value recorded here was current as of February 2026.

Population Estimate Year

2026 2

Area (sq km)

390,757 2

Independence or Founding Year

1980 2

Classification

Sovereignty Status

UN Member State 1

Zimbabwe

Cities

FAQs

What was the capital of Zimbabwe called under colonial rule?

Salisbury, renamed Harare after independence in 1980.

Zimbabwe's capital Harare was called Salisbury, named for Lord Salisbury, then the British prime minister. The independent government of 1980 kept it as capital and renamed it Harare, a name derived from that of the outcast chief Neharawe.

Connections

Associated With

Harare

Source Harare (Wikipedia)

Southern Africa

Victoria Falls

Has Capital

Harare

Harare is the capital of Zimbabwe.

Source Harare (Wikipedia)

Rivers Through Territory

Limpopo River

Zambezi River

Source Zambezi River (Wikipedia)

In the Other Atlases

Nationals Include

Allan Savory

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Allan SavoryLead

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Clifford Allan Redin Savory (born 15 September 1935) is a Zimbabwean ecologist and former soldier, farmer, rancher, and Rhodesian politician.

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda

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Anthony Gubbay

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Source Wikidata: Anthony Gubbay

Elizabeth Gwaunza

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Godfrey Chidyausiku

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Alexander McCall Smith

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Tsitsi Dangarembga

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Kirsty Coventry

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Source Wikipedia, Kirsty CoventryLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

Kirsty Leigh Coventry Seward (née Coventry; born 16 September 1983) is a Zimbabwean politician, sports administrator, and former competitive swimmer who is the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Origin Of

Zimbabwean Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Getty Research Institute, Art and Architecture Thesaurus: ZimbabweanScope note

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The style and culture of Zimbabwe or of Black Rhodesians in the former Rhodesia.

Kiwano

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Nehanda Nyakasikana

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Nervous Conditions

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Source Wikipedia: Nervous Conditionstier 2

Xhosa

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Site Of

Great Zimbabwe

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Source Wikipedia

Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway

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Great Zimbabwe

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Mount Nyangani and the Nyanga Terraces

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Nehanda Nyakasikana

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Asia-Africa Growth Corridor

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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe Hyperinflation

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Zimbabwe Stock Exchange

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University of Zimbabwe

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Source University of Zimbabwe (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2

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The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) is a public university in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency

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