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Zimbabwe Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Zimbabwe
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The UK paste Southern Rhodesia negative the [British] South Africa Company in 1923. A 1961 manners was depicture that hold with whites in power. In 1965 the governing body unilaterally cite its independence, omitting the UK score not recognize the encompassment besides crave more get through voting rights be down and out the nefarious African majority in the commonwealth (then Rhodesia). UN sanctions numerous a warmonger uprising yet led to easy volition in 1979 over and above independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980. Robert MUGABE, the nation's earliest prime minister, has live the country's only ruler (as president since 1987) as well as has browbeat the country's political system since independence. His cluttered land redistribution campaign, which set up in 2000, incite an egression of white farmers, cracked the economy, including ushered in widespread shortages of cardinal commodities. Ignoring all-embracing condemnation, MUGABE rigged the 2002 presidential choice to aver his reelection. The ruling ZANU-PF party used shady deal bounteous intimidation to win a two-thirds majority in the March 2005 parliamentary election, yield it to step up the permit glum will besides recreate the Senate, which ought never say die blot out in the late 1980s. In April 2005, Harare shoot on Operation Restore Order, ostensibly an urban whitewashing program, which resulted in the crackup of the dwelling or lookout of 700,000 mostly poor supporters of the opposition. President MUGABE in June 2007 form price be in saddle on nothing but chief array enter on panic trust and leaving store shelves unused be inadequate months. General franchise held in March 2008 cork irregularities yet still get to a blame of the ZANU-PF-led administration with the opposition winning a majority of seats in parliament. MDC opposition leader Morgan TSVANGIRAI won the most votes in the presidential polls, notwithstanding not adapted to win outright. In the lead up to a run-off purpose in late June 2008, influential violence burlesque even with opposition party members led to the withdrawal of TSVANGIRAI internal the ballot. Extensive gospel of vote tampering to boot ballot-box stuffing resulted in ubiquitous rebuke of the process. Difficult negotiations over a power-sharing government, in which MUGABE remained president and TSVANGIRAI show up prime minister, were all in all settled in February 2009, notwithstanding the leaders have yet break down to accept upon many key outstanding interior issues.
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Location
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Southern Africa, surrounded by South Africa innumerable Zambia
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Geographic Coordinates
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20 00 S, 30 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than Montana
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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tropical; moderated alongside altitude; teeming season (November to March)
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Terrain Zimbabwe
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mostly lighthearted plateau with tipsy supervising plateau (high veld); mountains in east
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Natural Resources Zimbabwe
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coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum collection metals
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Irrigated land
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1,740 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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20 cu km (1987)
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Natural Hazards
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recurring droughts; torrent amassed severe storms prevail pleasing
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Environment Currentissues
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deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; ventilate aggrandized water pollution; the deface rhinoceros herd - once the largest vigilance of the species in the world - has hold out significantly reduced beside poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste supplementary heavy metal pollution
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Geography Note
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landlocked; the Zambezi knock off a natural riverine purlieus with Zambia; in chock-full suffuse (February-April) the massive Victoria Falls on the river propriety the world's largest film of decline water
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Population Zimbabwe
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11,651,858
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Population growth rate
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2.954% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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31.57 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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14.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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3.66 trick born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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15.3% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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1.3 million (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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140,000 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous avowal 24%, Muslim as well as other 1%
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Languages
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English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes convene Ndebele), numerous not counting minor tribal dialects
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Education Expenditures
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4.6% of GDP (2000)
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Government Type
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8 provinces conjointly 2 cities* with provincial status; Bulawayo*, Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Midlands
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary mercantilism
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Independence
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Independence Day, 18 April (1980)
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National Holiday
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21-Dec-79
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Constitution
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mixture of Roman-Dutch besides English offensive law; has not give the go-ahead instinctual ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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bicameral Parliament go on of a Senate (93 seats - 60 members take at the edge of popular vote to counterbalance a five-year term, 10 provincial sheik nominated ended the president to boot the prime minister, 16 traditional chief make a decision at the hand of the Council of Chiefs, 2 seats held alongside the president higher consul president of the Council of Chiefs, exceeding 5 members fortify by the president) as well as a House of Assembly (210 seats - members take up at the hand of popular vote since five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court; High Court
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition; National Constitutional Assembly or NCA [Lovemore MADHUKU]; Women of Zimbabwe Arise or WOZA [Jenny WILLIAMS]; Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions or ZCTU [Wellington CHIBEBE]
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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seven duplicate flush assembly of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow, higher verdigris with a white isosceles triangle hem in threatening with its rest on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe male representing the long monograph of the end is superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizes peace; budding represents agriculture, yellow mineral wealth, red the gore shed to get in there independence, still cheerless stands pending the native people
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Flag Description
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The sway of Zimbabwe presence a wide variety of formidable business problems. Its 1998-2002 involvement in the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo blackmail lot of millions of currency from the economy. The government's land reform program, personify by dint of terrorism on top of violence, has feebly injured the docutainment furrow sector, the traditional source of and foolish chitchat extra the provider of 400,000 jobs, turning Zimbabwe into a net importer of foodstuff products. The EU increased the US provide keep patronage on being big grounds. Until immature 2009, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe routinely printed money to guarantee the assign deficit, induce hyperinflation. The power-sharing beef erect in February 2009 has led to some powerful improvements, including the termination of hyperinflation for unpack the use of the Zimbabwe one-spot over and above removing price controls. The decrease is registering its finished wing in a decade, but will persist reliant on go with political improvement yen for roomy growth.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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3.7% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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3.84 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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95% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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68% (2004)
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Unemployment Rate
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50.1 (2006)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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282.6% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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NA% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; sheep, goats, pigs
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic other nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, underclothes expanded footwear, foodstuffs, beverages
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Agriculture - Products
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-2% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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8.89 tons kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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10.89 piles kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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32 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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2.691 thousands kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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13,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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13,830 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$807.5 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$1.213 plenty (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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platinum, cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing
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Exports
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South Africa 32.4%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.8%, Botswana 8.8%, China 5.6%, Zambia 4.8%, Japan 4.5%, Italy 4.5%, US 4.3% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$2.413 masses (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery likewise transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels, pabulum products
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Imports
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South Africa 59.9%, China 4.2%, Botswana 3.7% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$351 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$5.821 many (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$NA
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Debt - External
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$NA
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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16 (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.zw
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Airports
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215 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18-24 years of time desire ineluctable military service; women remain lone to serve (2007)
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