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| A Country with Tragic Fate! Here's zimbabwe's History and Facts |
A Country with Tragic Fate! Here's zimbabwe's History and Facts
Have you guys heard of rhodesia country? Rhodesia is a country on the continent of Africa which is currently known by the name of the republic of Zimbabwe. The name rodhesia has been used in the region since 1895, and marks the era of British colonization of the region. Since its independence from the UK in 1980 the country changed its name to zimbabwe as a form of abolition of the old political system. More details about the country of zimbabwe, here's the article.
Officially the country is named the republic of zimbabwe. Before using the name zimbabwe the country was known by the names of rhodesia or southern rhodesia. The country of zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in southern Africa, between the zambezi river and the limpopo river. Zimbabwe also borders the country of south Africa to the south, bostwana to the west, zambia to the north and mozambique to the east.
The area of the territory of the country is about 390, 757 square kilometers. The state capital of zimbabwe is in the city of harare, which is also one of the largest cities in the country. The total population of the country of Zimbabwe is about 16,159,624 inhabitants, with 99% being from the african ethnic group. Christianity is the official religion in the country of Zimbabwe, with about 84% of the population embracing the religion.
The country of Zimbabwe has 16 official languages recognized by its country, however English is the main language used in the education and judicial systems of its country. The form of government of the zimbabwean state is a republic with a presidential system of government, replacing its old system of semi-presidentialism. The implementation of the new constitution came after a referendum was held in 2013.
Mining products in the form of minerals and gold, as well as agricultural products are zimbabwe's main foreign export products. In addition, the tourism sector also has a big role to play in zimbabwe's economy. But the economic crisis that occurred in 2008, has left the country's economy in a mess.
Zimbabwe is experiencing a hyper-inflationary phenomenon, economists from the cato institute expect zimbabwe's monthly inflation in 2008 to reach 7.9 billion percent, although this figure is only an estimate because looking at economic conditions in the country and official inflation figures have never been issued by the government. This shows that the inflation rate in zimbabwe is very high and out of control.
The policy taken by the central bank of Zimbabwe by continuing to print money did not make the state of economic crisis in the country improve, but instead aggravated the situation, until finally there was a craze in price increases in zimbabwe. At its peak, the prices of goods and services can increase 2 times in just 24 hours.
The value of zimbabwe's currency has become worthless since the onset of the crisis, even the zimbabwean currency exchange rate has become the worst in the world. In 2009, in an effort to address uncontrolled inflation, the zimbabwean government announced that zimbabweans would be allowed to use other, more stable currencies besides the Zimbabwean dollar.
History of zimbabwe. The kingdom of mapungubwe was a medieval kingdom in southern Africa, its fiefdom also encompassing the territory we now know as zimbabwe. This kingdom was established in 1075 AD. Around 1250 to 1450 AD the kingdom of mapungubwe was defeated by the kingdom of zimbabwe, and in the 1450s the kingdom of zimbabwe was replaced by the kingdom of mumbabwe.
At the beginning of the 17th century the Portuguese attempted to monopolize the trade routes in the region and began a series of wars that caused the mutapa kingdom to almost collapse. In 1684, a new kingdom appeared in the region under the name of the rozwi kingdom.
The rozwi kingdom managed to expel the Portuguese from the zimbabwean highlands, and then develop their military power. In the 1880s, the British came to the region with a British south african company owned by cecil john rhodes who was a mining entrepreneur and also known as the english mining king.
In 1888 rhodes obtained a concession of mining rights from the king of lobengula from the people of ndebele, who was the ruler of the territory. In 1893 rhodes defeated the ndebele people in the first matabele war, besides cecil rhodes also sought permission to negotiate a similar concession covering the territory between the limpopo and zambesia rivers.
In accordance with the terms of the concessions and agreements mentioned earlier, the cecil rhodes promoted the colonization of land in the region, with british control over labor as well as precious metals and other mineral resources. In 1895 the British South Africa Company adopted the name rhodesia for the zambesia region, in honor of cecil rhodes.
In 1898 southern rhodesia became the official name for the southern region of zambesi. A number of uprisings occurred between 1896 and 1897. The revolt was carried out by the indigenous people of the region namely ndebele and shona, but the rebellion failed and could be subdued by british forces.
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A Country with Tragic Fate! Here's zimbabwe's History and Facts
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On 12 september 1923 the british Empire took the territory of southern rhodesia, shortly after the annexation made by the British on the territory, on 1 october 1923, the first constitution for colonies from southern rhodesia was enacted. Under the new constitution southern Rhodesia became a colony of british self-government.
Following the independence of northern rhodesia or what is currently known as zambia in 1964 Ian douglas smith who was the leader of the rhodesian front party issued a unilateral declaration of independence abbreviated as UDI from the british empire on November 11, 1965.
The british government regarded the act as an act of insurrection. The british government then petitioned the UN for sanctions against rhodesia, in 1966 the UN organization complied with the petition and imposed a trade embargo on the country.
Since 1964 this country has actually been experiencing civil war conflicts within its territory, the conflict or currently known as the rhodesian bush war is a conflict that has occurred since July 1964. The conflict pitted three powers, namely between the government of ian smith who leads the white minority, joshua nkomo of the zimbabwe african people union party or APU and robert mugabe of the zimbabwe african national union party or ZANU.
In March 1978 an internal settlement agreement was signed between rhodesia prime minister ian smith and three african leaders, headed by bishop abel muzorewa. The agreement or agreement led to the creation of an interim government in which black Africans were included in leadership positions for the first time. Following the agreement elections were held in April 1979.
On June 1, 1979, the muzorewa leader of the united african national council was appointed prime minister, and the name of the country was changed to zimbabwe rhodesia. On June 12, 1979, the united states senate decided to lift economic pressures in the former rhodesia. In August 1979, the british government invited muzorewa, mugabe and nkomo to participate in a constitutional conference at the lancaster house.
The purpose of the conference was to discuss and reach an agreement on the terms of the independence constitution and provide for elections overseen under british authority that allowed zimbabwe rhodesia to proceed towards legal independence. The lancaster house treaty effectively ended the guerrilla war taking place in rhodesia.
In December 1979, the UK officially took over zimbabwe rhodesia as a colony of southern rhodesia. Elections were held in February 1980, and robert mugabe gained a considerable victory. Robert mugabe served as prime minister of zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987, and then as president of zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017.
On April 18, 1980, prince charles, as a representative of the british government officially granted independence to the new state of zimbabwe at a ceremony in the city of harare. That's a summary of the history about the country of zimbabwe, and to get to know more about this country here are 21 facts about the country of Zimbabwe
