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Zimbabwe

زيمبابوي

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Key facts

Official name
Republic of Zimbabwe
Name in Arabic
زيمبابوي
Capital
Harare
Region
Africa
Subregion
East Africa
Official languages
Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Ndau, Northern Ndebele, Chewa, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zimbabwean Sign Language
Currency
Zimbabwe Gold · ZiG · ZWG
Area
390,757 km²
Coastline
None (landlocked)

Neighbours

About Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a country in East Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Zimbabwe. In Arabic, the name is written زيمبابوي, and the capital هراري. Its geographic centre lies in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Zimbabwe is Harare. Harare lies at about 18° south and 31° east. Zimbabwe has 15 official languages: Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Ndau, Northern Ndebele, Chewa, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, and Zimbabwean Sign Language. Its currency is the Zimbabwe Gold, with the symbol ⁨ZiG⁩ and the international code ZWG.

Zimbabwe covers about 390,757 square kilometres, which puts it 60th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has 4 neighbours: South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, and Botswana. The largest of these neighbours by area is South Africa. Other countries in East Africa include Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Somalia. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Zimbabwe with the other countries of the same region.

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