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Sub Saharan Africa

Zimbabwe
Last updated: 19 June 2009

Country information

GEOGRAPHY

Zimbabwe is twice the size of the United Kingdom. The country is completely land-locked, occupying the high plateau between the Zambezi River to the north and the Limpopo to the south, with a mountainous region in the east. Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa and Botswana border Zimbabwe (clockwise from the north).

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See Also

Useful Links

• What is the UK doing about Zimbabwe?
• BBC News Country Profile: Zimbabwe 
• The IMF and Zimbabwe
• Department for International Development Country Profile: Zimbabwe
• Southern Africa Development Community
• African Union
• EU Common Position
• UK Trade & Investment Country Profile: Zimbabwe
• British Council Zimbabwe
• Hansard website

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