Zimbabwe, the home of Great Zimbabwe and the Victoria Falls

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Zimbabwe, the home of Great Zimbabwe and the Victoria Falls, is located on the continent of Africa. It is found in the central southern part of Africa, but because of the impact of the country’s economic, cultural and political life, it is identified more with southern Africa than central Africa. Zimbabwe’s coordinates are 20° S, 30° E.
B. Physical features
1. Size
It is a land-locked country of 390,757km2 between the Zambezi River, to the north, and the Limpopo River, to the south. Ranked as the 61st largest country in the world, Zimbabwe is small compared to Africa’s average. It is just larger than Japan or Montana, but smaller than Paraguay. About 3,910km2 of the country’s area compromises of water in the form of lakes and reservoirs. Our capital city is Harare located in Mashonaland, which covers two-thirds of the country. Mashonaland is also the area where most Shona-speaking people live. Bulawayo, being the second city, is located in Matebeleland where most of the country’s Ndebele community lives.
2. Borders
Zimbabwe’s border, in total, is 3,066km long. It’s bordered by five countries; Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. It joins Namibia at its westernmost point, meeting the country at an almost exact point. The lengths of its borders are as follows; Botswana 813km, Mozambique 1,231km, South Africa 225km, and Zambia 797km. Our country conducts many import/export exchanges with our neighbouring countries. We have built a good bridge with our bordering nations.

Zimbabwe has many rivers and lakes, even though it is a reasonably small country. Some of these include the Save (Sabi) river, Lake Kyle (Mutirikwi), the Zambezi River, and Lake Kariba. Quite a number of people depend on these bodies of water f...

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