Factsheet:
Zimbabwe
Capital: Harare, largest city
Area: 390,759 square km
Languages: English (official),
Shona, Ndebele
Currency: Zimbabwean dollar (Z$)
Total plant species: 4,440
Total plant endemics: 214
Total RDL plants: 504
Focal RDL institution: SRGH
Number of Protected Areas: 12
National Parks, 1 Transfrontier Park (Mozambique–South Africa–Zimbabwe),
and numerous other protected areas.
Population: 11,903,700 Growth Rate: 1.8% Density: 29.6 people/square km
Phytogeography: Mostly Zambezian,
with Afromontane elements in the Eastern Highlands.
Flora: Dry miombo woodland, with
mopane woodland and other woodland types dominating. Serpentine grasslands
are found in the Great Dyke. Montane forest interspersed amongst high-altitude
grasslands and heath is found in the Eastern Highlands.
Sources: Anonymous 2000, Stuart
& Adams 1990, Timberlake & Müller 1994
