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  1. Date of Independence: April 18, 1980
  2. Date of Current Constitution: December 21, 1979
  3. Population: 11,163,160 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 150,872 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Harare
  6. Form of Government: parliamentary democracy
  7. Main Industries: clothing, mining, steel, chemicals, light industry
  8. Natural Resources: coal, chrome, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vandium, lithium
  9. Agriculture: tobacco, sugar, cotton, corn, wheat 
  10. Currency: dollar
  11. GDP: $26.2 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per capita: $2,400 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: English (official) Shona, Sindebele
  14. Religions: Syncretic, Christianity, indigenous beliefs
  15. Literacy Rate: 85%
  16. Life Expectancy:    39 years (male) 
  17.                 39 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 31 per 1000 population
  19. Death Rate: 20 per 1000 population