Articles in Zimbabwe ( 279 )

279 Articles of interest in Zimbabwe

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  • Zambezi Escarpment

    The southern Zambezi Escarpment in Zimbabwe is quite marked in the west at the Chizarira Hills and the Chizarira National Park, but the slope becomes more broken and gentler further east around Matusadona National Park. It becomes steeper and more m…

  • Mberengwa District

    Mberengwa is a district in Midlands province in Zimbabwe. The district is now divided into sub-districts: Mberengwa East, West and South. It is bounded by Gwanda in Mberengwa west, and by Zvishavane in its northern zone, to the south it stretches to…

  • Lupane District

    Lupane is a district in Matabeleland North Province in Zimbabwe. It lies at a height of 976m. In 2006 it had 1,600 inhabitants. It is on the road from Bulawayo to Hwange. In the years since 2000, there has been nearly 200 cases of torture by the mil…

  • Lake Mutirikwe

    Lake Mutirikwe, formerly known as Lake Kyle, lies in south eastern Zimbabwe, south east of Masvingo. It is thought to have been named Lake Kyle, from the Kyle farm which occupied most of the land required for the lake, which in turn was named after …

  • Ziwa

    Ziwa, or Ziwa ruins (formerly Van Niekerk ruins after Major Pompey Van Niekerk who was second in command of the Afrikaner Corps) is the name used to describe the remains of a vast late Iron Age agricultural settlement that has been dated to the 17th…

  • Mabvuku

    Mabvuku is a high density suburb some 17 km east of Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe. It is classified as a suburb or township of Harare, with Harare City Council constituting local government. It encompasses in particular the townships that inc…

  • Goromonzi District

    Goromonzi District is a district of Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe, in southern Africa. It is located in the eastern part of Zimbabwe, and covers an area of approximately 3,500 square miles (9,100 km2). As of the 2012 census it had a population…

  • Dete

    Dete (previously known as Dett) is a small railway re-crewing depot and developing town on the Bulawayo-Hwange-Victoria Falls railway line in Zimbabwe, approximately 415 km (258 mi) north-west of Bulawayo and 93 km (58 mi) south-east of Hwange, lyin…

  • Chivhu

    Chivhu (called Enkeldoorn until 1982) is a small town in Zimbabwe, with an estimated population of 10,000 in 2007. It is located 146 km (91 mi) south of Harare on the main road south to Masvingo and South Africa.

  • Chirundu Bridge

    The Chirundu Bridge now consists of two road bridges side by side across the Zambezi River between the small town of Chirundu, Zambia and the village of Chirundu, Zimbabwe. At this location around 65 km downstream from the Kariba Dam the river is ab…

  • Avondale, Harare

    Avondale is a suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe, located about 3.5 kilometres (2 mi) north of Harare city centre. It is the earliest suburb established in Harare, having been laid out in 1903. Prior to becoming a suburb Avondale was a dairy farm and was na…

  • Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences

    The Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences, formerly the Queen Victoria Museum is a museum in Harare, Zimbabwe. The museum contains the seven-hundred-year-old Lemba artifact ngoma lungundu, which some believe to be an replica of the Ark of the Covenant.

  • Norton, Zimbabwe

    Norton is a small town in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe close to Porta farm. It is located about 40 km west of Harare on the main road and railway line connecting Harare and Bulawayo. According to the 1982 Population Census, the town ha…

  • Mashava

    Mashava (formerly known as Mashaba) is a mining village in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe and is located 40 km from Masvingo. Asbestos was and still is being mined in this small Zimbabwean town. There are three mines in the town namely Gath's Mine, Kin…

  • Kariba Gorge

    Kariba Gorge is a large, natural gorge through which flowed the Zambezi River on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Africa. In 1959 the large double arch concrete Kariba Dam was completed, completely filling the gorge and creating the largest man-ma…

  • Domboshawa

    Domboshava is a village in the province of Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe. It is located in an area of granite hills about 27 km (17 mi) north of Harare. The village is named after a large granite hill near the village. There are several rock formati…

  • Sam Nujoma Street

    Sam Nujoma Street is one of the main streets of Harare, Zimbabwe. It was originally called Second Street but was renamed to Sam Nujoma Street to honor Sam Nujoma, the first President of neighboring Namibia.

  • Saint Alberts High School

    Saint Alberts High School is a coeducational Roman Catholic Church mission high school that also provides boarding for students. It is situated in the Mashonaland Central province of Zimbabwe, on the escarpment overlooking the Zambezi Valley in nort…

  • Mutorashanga

    Mutorashanga is a small ferrochrome mining town in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe. Situated on Zimbabwe's Great Dyke mountain range, about 100 kilometers north of the capital, Harare. The mines at Mutorashanga are largely owned by Zimasco, a …

  • Matusadona National Park

    Matusadona is a game reserve park in northern Zimbabwe. The park takes its name from the local Matuzviadonha Hills and is a stunning combination of flat plains and rugged mountain country. The meaning of “Matuzviadonha” is “falling dung” - which was…

  • Inyati

    Inyati is a village in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 60 km north-east of Bulawayo in the Inyati communal land. The village grew up around the Inyati mission, which established in 1859 by on land given to Robert Moffat and William…