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The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [ZnCl2(C12H12N4)], contains two independent molecules having similar conformations. The coordination about the ZnII atom is distorted tetrahedral, with the geometrical constraints of the chelating ligand responsible for the observed distortion. Each of the independent molecules forms chains in the crystal through pairs of N—H...Cl hydrogen bonds, using the pyrazole and benzimidazole N—H groups as donors. The first molecule forms chains running parallel to the b axis, while the other molecule affords the same kind of one-dimensional supramolecular structure parallel to the a axis. The structure was refined as a two-component twin with BASF = 0.0437 (4).