ZIMBABWE

10 FACTS

• Population: 13,061,239
• Land Area: 150,871 sq mi
• Capital: Harare
• Offical Language: English, Shona, Ndebele + 13 more
• Religion: 85% Christianity

10 FACTS CONT.

• Divdied into 8 provinces and 2 large cities
• subdivided into 59 districts and 1,200 wards
• Climate is dependant on altitude
• Landlocked & only 1% water
• Faced with various droughts with few severe storms

HISTORY

• Declared independence from GB in 1965
• They had a civil war in 1979 (govt vs people)
• Their elections were found fraudulent in the 1900s
• In 2008 they had a presidental and Parliment election

MAJOR INDUSTRIES

• Tourism
• Mineral Exports
• Diamond mining
• Trade with other nations

ECONOMY

• 80% formal unemployed rate
• The govt is spending 67% of their GDP Annually
• Dealing with intense inflation rates
• Dealing with intense inflation rates
• They suspended their Zimbabwean Dollar indefinately
• They suspended their Zimbabwean Dollar indefinately
• Over 4,000 white farmers were evicted from their lands
• Over 4,000 white farmers were evicted from their lands

WILDLIFE

• 60% of their wildlife is dead due to poaching
• "Big Five" - buffalo, lion, elephant, rhino, and leopard
• 30 wildlife estates created in an act to preserve native animal habitats
• ^ 12.5% of the total land area

WILDLIFE

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CUSINE

• Cornmeal/Porridge at every meal
• Killing goats and cows are reserved mainly for special occasions
• Have adopted the tradition of "Tea Time" from England
• Rice cooked with Peanut Butter is a local favorite

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REFUGEE CRISIS

• In 2008 there was a huge flood
• People fled to the neighboring countries
• "Internationally displaced persons"
• The # of people is approx 1,000,000

CHOLERA OUTBREAK

• Broke out in 2008
• It became the largest outbreak of cholera in Africa
• 4,293 reported deaths by the end in 2009
• While it was contained eventually, there a panic that it may reoccur

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