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ZIMBABWE FACTS

Population: 12.9 million (UN, 2003)

Capital: Harare

Major language: English (official), Shona, Sindebele

Major religions: Christianity, indigenous beliefs

Life expectancy: 34 years (men), 33 years (women) (UN)

Monetary unit: 1 Zimbabwe dollar = 100 cents

Main exports: Tobacco, cotton, agricultural products, gold, minerals

Average annual income: US $480 (World Bank, 2001)

Internet domain: .zw

International dialling code: +263

Zimbabwe Telecommunication*

Telephones - main lines in use:	212,000 (in addition, there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:	111,000 (2001)
Telephone system:	general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, but now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstanding requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed but unused main lines domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines, radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loop installations, and a substantial mobile cellular network; Internet connection is available in Harare and planned for all major towns and for some of the smaller ones international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; two international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and Gweru)
Radio broadcast stations:	AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)
Television broadcast stations:	16 (1997)
Internet country code:	.zw
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	6 (2000)
Internet users:	100,000 (2002)

*Zimbabwe telecommunications data is from CIA World Factbook.

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