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Zimbabwe:
Relevant Documents
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Country
Name: ZIMBABWE
Capital: Harare
US
Contact:
Chancery:
1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20009
 1.202.332.7100
 1.202.483.9326
Related
link:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Zimbabwe.html
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Geography
Southern
Africa, between South Africa and Zambia
Total:
390,580 sq km
Land: 386,670 sq km
Water: 3,910 sq km
Irrigated land:1,930 sq km (1993 est.)
Geographic coordinates: 20 00 S, 30 00 E
Landlocked;
the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zambia;
in full flood (February-April) the massive Victoria Falls
on the river forms the world's largest curtain of falling
water "
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Population
11,365,366:
(July 2001 est.)
Growth rate: 0.15% (2001 est.)
Birth rate: 24.68 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate: 23.22 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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Climate
Tropical;
moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)
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Natural
Resources/Land Use
Coal,
chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium,
lithium, tin, platinum group metals/
Arable
land: 7%
Permanent crops: 0%
Permanent pastures: 13%
Forests and woodland: 23%
Other: 57% (1993 est.)
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Natural
Hazards/Environmental Issues
Recurring
droughts; floods and severe storms are rare/
Deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; air and water
pollution; the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest concentration
of the species in the world - has been significantly reduced
by poaching
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification,
Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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Economy
The government
of Zimbabwe faces a wide variety of difficult economic problems
as it struggles to consolidate earlier moves to develop a
market-oriented economy. Its involvement in the war in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, for example, has already
drained hundreds of millions of dollars from the economy.
Badly needed support from the IMF suffers delays in part because
of the country's failure to meet budgetary goals.
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $28.2 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $2,500
(2000 est.) "
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Information
Source:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
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