This article is about the former British colony of (Southern) Rhodesia, today Zimbabwe. See Rhodesia (disambiguation).

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National motto: Sit Nomine Digna (Latin: May she be worthy of the name) Official language English Capital Salisbury Political system Parliamentary system Form of government Republic - Last President John Wrathall - Prime Minister Ian Smith Area
 - Total
 - % water
390 580 km²
1% Population
 - 1978 est.
 - Density
6 930 000
17.74/km² GDP (PPP) $3.15 billion US (1974 est.) Independence
 - Declared
 - Republic Declared
 - Became Zimbabwe          From British rule
November 11, 1965
March 2, 1970
June 1, 1979 Currency Rhodesian dollar (R) Time zone UTC+2 National anthem Rise O Voices of Rhodesia (from 1974) Calling code +263

Rhodesia was the name of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia after 1965. Landlocked and located in southern Africa, it was governed by white minority rule until 1979. The colony was named after Cecil Rhodes, whose British South Africa Company acquired the land in the nineteenth century. The colony gained internationally-recognised independence from Britain in 1980 and became the Republic of Zimbabwe. At an earlier period, the name "Rhodesia" was used to refer to a larger region that corresponds to both Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia) and Zambia (Northern Rhodesia).

History

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1890–1953

The territory which later comprised Rhodesia was eventually taken over through military force by the British South Africa Company. The early white settlers were mostly soldiers and mining prospectors who were either recruited or encouraged to come by the BSAC. Although viable mineral deposits (chrome, gold, platinum and coal) were found, these were modest in scale and many of the white settlers took advantage of generous land grants to build up agricultural estates (known as “white farms”). This process was facilitated by the fact that the authorities in Rhodesia did not initially recognise the ownership of land by native blacks. Blacks living on land granted to white settlers were either evicted or declared to be tenants.

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Rhodesia $100/$200 FL (10 max) has opened on PokerStars
PTR_Live (Poker Table Ratings) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:10:02 -0000
Rhodesia $100/$200 FL (10 max) has opened on PokerStars
Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe, the former Rhodesia, was a quadrillion times worse than it was in Weimar Germany http://bit.ly/5hHtcA
HeatherVeinott (Heather Veinott) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:35:17 -0000
Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe, the former Rhodesia, was a quadrillion times worse than it was in Weimar Germany http://bit.ly/5hHtcA
@rycat Rhodesia actually but i was hoping nobody would notice lol ... Damn you :p
mohebo (Morne Botha) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:16:03 -0000
@rycat Rhodesia actually but i was hoping nobody would notice lol ... Damn you :p
Apparently there are only 12 South Africans on the field...Harris was born in Rhodesia," notes Gnasher McGlashan. #cricket (from CricInfo).
grunthos1 (David Bird) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:10:00 -0000
Apparently there are only 12 South Africans on the field...Harris was born in Rhodesia," notes Gnasher McGlashan. #cricket (from CricInfo).
@F1sasha Harris was born in Rhodesia.. So in fact there are only 12 SAfricans on the field
pauldevilliers (Paul de Villiers) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:09:52 -0000
@F1sasha Harris was born in Rhodesia.. So in fact there are only 12 SAfricans on the field
Robert Mugabe, dictator of Rhodesia, also won plaudits at the conference for saying that the West ought to pay him http://wp.me/p7y4l-3Ig
Big_Norm (Big Norm) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:52:06 -0000
Robert Mugabe, dictator of Rhodesia, also won plaudits at the conference for saying that the West ought to pay him http://wp.me/p7y4l-3Ig

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