It is located in Kwekwe District, in Midlands Province, in the center of the country, roughly equidistant from Harare to the northeast and Bulawayo to the southwest.e name stems from the Zulu word "isikwekwe", which means "scurvy", "mange" or "scab". Popular belief states that Kwekwe is named after the croaking noise made by the nearby river's frogs.Kwekwe and neighbouring Redcliff are the headquarters of Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO), the country's largest steelworks. It also hosts the Zimbabwe Iron and Smelting Company (ZIMASCO), the largest ferrochrome producer, and one of the biggest power generating plants, ZESA-Munyati, in Munyati, a suburb of Kwekwe. Kwekwe is Zimbabwe's richest city in terms of minerals.In 2012, the city's population was estimated at 100,900 people.
Chiredzi is a small town in Masvingo province in south-east Zimbabwe. It is located near the Runde River, which has a tributary called the 'Chiredzi'.
Chiredzi is served by a small international airport at Buffalo Range called "Buffalo Range Airport," or "BFO. it is often visited by A list hollywood celebreties & billionires because of Gonarezhou National Park .Population is around 30k.
Hwange is a town in Zimbabwe, located in Hwange District, in Matabeleland North Province, in northwestern Zimbabwe, close to the international borders with Botswana and Zambia.Hwange Colliery is the largest in the country, with proven reserves that are estimated to last over 1,000 years, at current production levels.Hwange is also a tourism centre due to the presence of the nearby Hwange National Park, the largest National Park in Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe's biggest power plant, Hwange Thermal Power Station, was built here in the 1980s.
Beitbridge is a border town in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. The name also refers to the border post and bridge spanning the Limpopo River, which forms the political border between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
The town lies just north of the Limpopo River about 1 km from the Alfred Beit Road Bridge which spans the Limpopo River between South Africa and Zimbabwe. According to the 2002 population census, the town had a population of 22,387 dominated by the local Venda people, who are also found across the international border in the Vhembe District of the Republic of South Africa. The Beitbridge border post is the busiest road border post in southern Africa, and is best avoided during busy border-crossing seasons.
Kwekwe was always the most impressive of the small towns. It could even be a small metro area with Redcliff if Ziscosteel had prospered. It is better looking than Kadoma as well.
Gweru is a city near the centre of Zimbabwe. It is the administrative capital of the Midlands Province, one of ten provinces in Zimbabwe.The surrounding area has rich deposits of gold, chrome, iron, asbestos and platinum and supports several mines.
Gweru has become one of Southern Africa's busiest trade centers thanks to its production of textiles, dairy foods, footwear, and building materials. Gweru is also well known for vibrant farming activities in beef cattle, crop farming, and commercial gardening of crops for the export market.
Kwekwe was always the most impressive of the small towns. It could even be a small metro area with Redcliff if Ziscosteel had prospered. It is better looking than Kadoma as well.
true although masvingo is my favorite. i hope all the metal/chrome industries in the midlands are recapitalized easily a 15 to 20 billion export industry if it is managed properly
Masvingo is a town in south-eastern Zimbabwe and the capital of Masvingo Province. The town is close to Great Zimbabwe, the national monument from which the country takes its name population 100k.It is the oldest colonial settlement in Zimbabwe, and grew up around the encampment established in 1890 by the Pioneer Column en route to their eventual destination, Salisbury. The Old Fort national monument is located in the centre of town, and was erected in 1891 as one of a series of fortifications to guard the route from Salisbury to the south. The very first cricket match in Zimbabwe is said to have taken place in masvingo
A Rate our Talls thread was opened and was successful (thank Dennis, he actually started the thread, not me.) I want to open a Rate our Skylines thread to see how it goes. Post pictures of skylines of any African city over 150,000. Make sure there are at least 10 -15 posts between each skyline...
Rwanda's economy suffered heavily during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, but has since strengthened. The economy is based mostly on subsistence agriculture. Coffee and tea are the major cash crops for export. Tourism is a fast-growing sector and is now the country's leading foreign exchange earner...
No thread on this, so let's share the beauty of the continent, and by that I mean landscapes. If you can, tell the country that the pic is taken in, or if that's not known then just tell the name of the area.
Example:
(1) Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
or
(2) Kalahari Desert or Kalahari Desert...
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