Rhodesia
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| Rhodesia | |||||
| Unrecognized state | |||||
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| Motto Sit Nomine Digna (Latin) "May she be worthy of the name" |
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| Anthem "Rise O Voices of Rhodesia" (from 1974) |
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| Capital | Salisbury | ||||
| Language(s) | English | ||||
| Government | |||||
| President¹ | |||||
| - 1970–1975 | Clifford Dupont | ||||
| - 1976–1978 | John Wrathall | ||||
| Prime minister | |||||
| - 1965–1979 | Ian Smith | ||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||
| - Independence (UDI) | 11 November 1965 | ||||
| - Republic declared | 2 March 1970 | ||||
| - Zimbabwe-Rhodesia | 1 June 1979 | ||||
| - Zimbabwe | 17 April 1980 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - 1978 | 390,580 km2 (150,804 sq mi) | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - 1978 est. | 6,930,000 | ||||
| Density | 17.7 /km2 (46 /sq mi) | ||||
| Currency | Pound (until 1970) Dollar (from 1970) |
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| ¹ The government recognised Queen Elizabeth II as the official Head of State from 1965 to 1970. The highest official of Rhodesia held the title "Officer Administering the Government" (OAtG) as he acted in lieu of the official Governor, who remained at his post but was ignored. After Rhodesia became a republic in March 1970 the president replaced the OAtG as the highest official, and the Governor returned to London. | |||||
Rhodesia was the name of two United Kingdom colonies, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, which are now called Zambia and Zimbabwe respectively.
It was named Rhodesia after Cecil Rhodes, the politician and businessman.
