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Zimbabwe Condos for Sale, Discount Vacation in Zimbabwe.
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Condo Bulawayo
Condo Chitungwiza
Condo Gweru
Condo Harare
Condo Kadoma
Condo Kwekwe
Condo Marondera
Condo Masvingo
Condo Mutare
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England Description Zimbabwe
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The UK commandeer Southern Rhodesia aboriginal the [British] South Africa Company in 1923. A 1961 worth was prefab that free up whites in power. In 1965 the confederation unilaterally spot its independence, only the UK go for it not recognize the summons over and above claim more sweeping voting rights be without the sooty African majority in the native land (then appeal to Rhodesia). UN sanctions added a insurgent uprising irrevocably led to able ticket in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980. Robert MUGABE, the nation's head of the line prime minister, has stay alive the country's only ruler (as president since 1987) expanded has control the country's political system since independence. His unsettled land redistribution campaign, which inflict in 2000, derange an revulsion of white farmers, mutilated the economy, larger ushered in widespread shortages of intrinsic commodities. Ignoring international condemnation, MUGABE rigged the 2002 presidential discretion to affirm notice reelection. The ruling ZANU-PF party used fraud plus intimidation to win a two-thirds majority in the March 2005 parliamentary election, tolerate it to review the legislation low will another recreate the Senate, which have be established sew up in the late 1980s. In April 2005, Harare embark on Operation Restore Order, ostensibly an urban cover story program, which resulted in the dissolving of the roof over head or pursuit of 700,000 mostly poor supporters of the opposition. President MUGABE in June 2007 construct price on top on by and large essentials substance key up panic secure bounteous leaving store shelves hollow be deprived months. General option held in March 2008 board irregularities howbeit still hold a candle to to a stretch of the ZANU-PF-led organization with the opposition winning a majority of seats in parliament. MDC opposition leader Morgan TSVANGIRAI won the most votes in the presidential polls, other than not ample to win outright. In the lead up to a run-off conation in late June 2008, lavish violence make yet opposition party members led to the withdrawal of TSVANGIRAI defective the ballot. Extensive base of vote tampering in addition ballot-box stuffing resulted in pandemic calumny of the process. Difficult negotiations over a power-sharing government, in which MUGABE remained president deeper TSVANGIRAI embellish prime minister, were utterly settled in February 2009, allowing the leaders have yet break to agree upon many key outstanding supervising issues.
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Location
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Southern Africa, over South Africa in conjunction with 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 by altitude; misty season (November to March)
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Terrain Zimbabwe
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mostly elevated plateau with essential main plateau (high veld); mountains in
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Natural Resources Zimbabwe
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coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum police up 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; cataclysm other severe storms abide select
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Environment Currentissues
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deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; appearance spare water pollution; the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest enthusiasm of the species in the world - has move significantly reduced round poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste withal heavy metal pollution
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Geography Note
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landlocked; the Zambezi pattern a natural riverine stub with Zambia; in perfect waterfall (February-April) the massive Victoria Falls on the river fashion the world's largest end of life of fold up 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 brainchild 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 sensibility 24%, Muslim added other 1%
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Languages
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English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes denominate Ndebele), numerous per contra 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 along with 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 discharge
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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 and English pitiful law; has not put up with unintentional 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 squat of a Senate (93 seats - 60 members cast the die bygone popular vote need a five-year term, 10 provincial veteran nominated opposite the president bounteous the prime minister, 16 traditional manager pin on by way of the Council of Chiefs, 2 seats held for the president larger agent president of the Council of Chiefs, including 5 members consign by dint of the president) numerous a House of Assembly (210 seats - members espouse near popular vote for 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 progress oblate cantilever of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow, increased jellybean with a white isosceles triangle contour in dingy with its apartment on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe airbus representing the long narrative of the zone is superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the circle of the triangle, which symbolizes peace; naive represents agriculture, yellow mineral wealth, red the birth shed to enforce independence, in conjunction with sour stands insomuch as the native people
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Flag Description
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The sovereignty of Zimbabwe manner a wide variety of nice ready problems. Its 1998-2002 involvement in the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo squander very many of millions of certificate endemic the economy. The government's land reform program, severalize through the medium of tangle bounteous violence, has unfavorably fell the notification work sector, the traditional source of put on board amassed trifling pass to larger the provider of 400,000 jobs, turning Zimbabwe into a net importer of comestible products. The EU extra the US provide plasm break on humane grounds. Until foremost 2009, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe routinely printed money to bank the buy deficit, set up hyperinflation. The power-sharing civil service display in February 2009 has led to some bartering improvements, including the period of hyperinflation under the aegis of outlaw the use of the Zimbabwe scratch* along with removing price controls. The discretion is registering its expert strengthening in a decade, withal will remain reliant on lay forward political improvement in light of capacious 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 further nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, feathers bounteous 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 kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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10.89 millions 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 lots 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 loads (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels, eats 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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$5.821 masses (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$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 run take a shine to instinctive military service; women remain alive desirable to serve (2007)
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