Zimbabwe used to be called Rhodesia. Zimbabwe used to be called Rhodesia.
There used to be a Northern and Southern Rhodesia. After the independence of Zambia (Northern Rhodesia), Southern Rhodesia was referred to as Rhodesia. Today it is Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe used to be called Rhodesia.
It had no official name before Rhodesia.
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It is now zimbabwe
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The British colony known as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland included Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland. Northern Rhodesia became Zambia and Nyasaland became Malawi after dissolution on December 31, 1963. Southern Rhodesia became Rhodesia in 1965 and then became Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979 and finally became Zimbabwe in 1980.
Main were Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, Zimbabwe (also called Rhodesia), Zambia, Botswana, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Kenya.
The country formerly known as Rhodesia is now Zimbabwe.
Rhodesia is now called Zimbabwe. It changed its name in 1980.