rule in Rhodesia in the 1890s, the country was divided into two provinces: Matabeleland in the west and Mashonaland in the east. Under British colonial rule as Southern Rhodesia, the colony was divided into five provinces. Later, the Rhodesian government expanded the number of provinces to seven: Manicaland, Matabeleland North and South, Mashonaland North and South, Midlands, and Victoria (today Masvingo).[3] In the 1980s, Mashonaland North and South became three provincesThe youngest provinces, Bulawayo and Harare, were created in 1997. Political parties and elections Presidential elections House of Assembly elections Senate elections International organization participation Zimbabwe participates in the following Pan-African and international organisations: | width="50%" align="left" valign="top" style="border:0"| ACP AfDB Commonwealth of Nations (formerly from 1980 to 2003) ECA FAO G-15 G-77 IAEA IBRD ICAO ICCt (signatory) ICFTU ICRM IDA IFAD IFC IFRCS ILO IMF Interpol IOC IOM | width="50%" align="left" valign="top" style="border:0"| ISO ITU NAM OAU OPCW PCA PMAESA SADC United Nations UNCTAD UNESCO UNIDO UNMIK UPU WCL WCO WFTU WHO WIPO WMO WToO WTrO See also Education in Zimbabwe Political history of Zimbabwe Politics of Rhodesia References External links