| Name: | Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) |
| Former name: | South Rhodesia – until 1980 |
| Bordering countries: | Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 390.6 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 12 577 ths. |
| Capital: | Harare |
| Official language: | English |