What is Southern Rhodesia?
{{Infobox Former Country |conventional_long_name= Southern Rhodesia |common_name = Southern Rhodesia |status = Self-governing [[Evolution of the British Empire|British colony]] |empire = United Kingdom |life_span = 1923–1953<br/>1963–1965<br/>1979–1980 |p1 = Company rule in Rhodesia |flag_p1 = Flag of BSAC.svg |p2 = Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland |flag_p2 = Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963).svg |p3 = Zimbabwe Rhodesia |flag_p3 = Flag of Zimbabwe Rhodesia.svg |s1 = Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland |flag_s1 = Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963).svg |s2 = Rhodesia |flag_s2 = Flag of Rhodesia (1964–1968).svg |s3 = Zimbabwe |flag_s3 = Flag of Zimbabwe.svg |image_flag = Flag of Southern Rhodesia (1924–1964).svg |image_flag2 = Flag of Rhodesia (1964–1968).svg |flag_type = [[Flag of Rhodesia|Top<br>Flag (1924–1964)<br>Bottom<br>Flag (1964–1965)]] | |image_coat = Coat of arms of Rhodesia.svg | |national_anthem = God Save the Queen |image_map = LocationZimbabwe.svg |image_map_caption = Location of Southern Rhodesia in southern Africa. |capital = [[Harare|Salisbury]] |common_languages = [[English language|English]] (official)<br/>[[Shona language|Shona]] and [[Northern Ndebele language|Sindebele]] widely spoken, some [[Afrikaans]] |government_type = Self-governing Crown colony |title_representative = [[Governor of Southern Rhodesia|Governor]] |representative1 = Sir [[John Robert Chancellor]] |year_representative1 = 1923–1928 |representative2 = Sir [[Humphrey Gibbs]] |year_representative2 = 1959–1969<sup>b</sup> |representative3 = [[Christopher Soames, Baron Soames|Lord Soames]] |year_representative3 = 1979–