Capital: Salisbury 386,000 (1969)
Population: 6,930,000 (1978)
Area: 390,580 km2
History: Annexed by the UK: 12, September 1923.
Independence: 11 November 1965.
Republic declared: 2 March 1970.
Zimbabwe Rhodesia: 1 June 1979.
Zimbabwe: 18. April 1980.
