INDEPTH: ZIMBABWE
A modern timeline
CBC News Online | March 30, 2005
QUICK FACTS: Area: 390,580 sq km
Pop: 12,671,860 (2004 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: 37.82 years
People living with HIV/Aids: 2.3 million (2001 est.)
Population below poverty line: 70 per cent
Inflation rate (2003): 385%
Government type: parliamentary democracy
Independence: April 18, 1980 (from UK)
House of Assembly: 150 seats - 120 elected by popular vote for five-year terms, 30 appointed by the president)
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