Southern Africa(UN: Eastern Africa)
Zimbabwe
Republic of Zimbabwe
Named for the stone city of Great Zimbabwe, independent in 1980 after a liberation war, and shaped since by land reform, economic collapse and resilience.
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Zimbabwe in pictures
Flag, landscapes, landmarks and wildlife you can meet in the games. Photographs come from each subject’s Wikipedia article.
Flag
Flag of Zimbabwe
National flag
- Great Zimbabwe
Landscape
Great Zimbabwe
A real place in Zimbabwe
- Great Zimbabwe
Landmark
Great Zimbabwe
Huge stone walls built without mortar by a Shona kingdom.
- Matobo Hills
Landmark
Matobo Hills
Thousands of rock-art panels painted by San artists.
- Hwange National Park
Landmark
Hwange National Park
Around 45,000 elephants — one of the biggest herds in Africa.
- African elephant
Wildlife
African elephant
The largest land animal alive — and it talks through the ground with rumbles.
- Vervet monkey
Wildlife
Vervet monkey
It has different alarm calls for eagle, snake and leopard.
- African wild dog
Wildlife
African wild dog
The pack sneezes to vote on whether it is time to hunt.
- Ground pangolin
Wildlife
Ground pangolin
The only mammal covered in scales, made of the same stuff as your fingernails.
- Sable antelope
Wildlife
Sable antelope
A defending bull can fend off lions with its metre-long horns.
- Greater kudu
Wildlife
Greater kudu
Its spiral horns make two and a half full turns.
- Impala
Wildlife
Impala
It can leap ten metres forward in a single bound.
- Southern ground hornbill
Wildlife
Southern ground hornbill
It can live for sixty years and only raises one chick every nine.
- Cathedral termites
Wildlife
Cathedral termites
Their mounds are air-conditioned by design and can top eight metres.
- Red-billed quelea
Wildlife
Red-billed quelea
The most numerous wild bird on Earth — flocks can darken the sky.
- Black mamba
Wildlife
Black mamba
Africa's fastest snake — its mouth, not its skin, is inky black.
- Cape porcupine
Wildlife
Cape porcupine
Africa's largest rodent — its quills are hollow and rattle in warning.
- Waterbuck
Wildlife
Waterbuck
A white ring on its rump makes it easy to follow in long grass.
- Nyala
Wildlife
Nyala
Males are shaggy and grey, females bright chestnut — as if two species.
- Harare
City
Harare
Capital of Zimbabwe
Capital
Harare
Population
16,950,795
World Bank, 2025
Area
390,757 km²
Currency
Botswana pula
GDP per person
$3,021
Current US$, 2025
Life expectancy
63.1 yrs
World Bank, 2024
Urban population
40.5%
UN member
Yes
Quick facts
Did you know?
The country and its soapstone bird emblem take their name from the medieval stone city.
Zimbabwe holds some of the world's largest known lithium reserves.
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Reference figures come from the World Bank Open Data API and the ISO 3166 country dataset, each shown with its year. Historical and cultural text is written by our editors and marks contested dating where scholars disagree. The "go deeper" chapters are generated live by Africa AI from that same reference data and our sourced library — check them before quoting. Borders shown are for orientation and do not imply a position on any dispute.