Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

Internet country code

GRC Country Code

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 27th June 2021

In English and North Ndebele:

   dd/mm/yyyy

   14:32

In Shona:

   yyyy-mm-dd

   14:32

The official language is English (375 490 speakers). 18 other languages are spoken. The most widespread are: Fanagolo (300 000 speakers); Manyika (348 350 speakers); Ndau (391 000 speakers); Ndebele (1 485 000 speakers); Nyanja (251 800 speakers) and Shona (6 225 000 speakers).

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Addresses written in a non-native language will be written in English.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

Post office box deliveries may be to P.O. Box or to Private Bag.

Zimbabwe has no postal code system.

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Zimbabwe - Postal code format

Zimbabwe - Postal code specifics

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Refer to Exonyms in Zimbabwe for full lists of place names in Zimbabwe in other languages.

Zimbabwe has 8 provinces and 2 cities with provincial status (shown on the list below with an asterisk). They are:

    Bulawayo  *
    Harare  *
    Manicaland 
    Mashonaland Central 
    Mashonaland East 
    Mashonaland West 
    Masvingo 
    Matabeleland North 
    Matabeleland South 
    Midlands 

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Zimbabwean numbers vary in length between 5 and 10 digits when called from abroad. Mobile numbers have the codes 71, 73, 77 and 78.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm