Zimbabwe
![Location of Zimbabwe (dark blue)– in Africa (light blue & dark grey)– in the African Union (light blue)](/Images/godic/202502/07/Location_Zimbabwe_AU_Africa.svg2235.png")
![Towers of Great Zimbabwe](/Images/godic/202502/07/Tower,_Great_Zimbabwe12235.jpg")
![Matabeleland in the 19th century.](/Images/godic/202502/07/Matabeleland2235.png")
![The opening of the railway to Umtali in 1899.](/Images/godic/202502/07/1899railroad_salisbury2235.jpg")
Zimbabwe (/zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked sovereign state located in southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers. It borders South Africa to the south, Botswana to the west, Zambia to the northwest, and Mozambique to the east and northeast. The capital and largest city is Harare. A country of roughly 13 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most commonly used.