A Growth Point is a rural village or small town in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

. The term is applied by the Zimbabwe Government for certain designated villages or small towns. Growth Points are almost always located in a communal land

Communal land

Communal land is a territory in possession of a community, rather than an individual or company.-Zimbabwe:...

 (formerly Tribal Trust Lands or TTL's), and usually there is only one Growth Point per communal land. The Growth Point could be considered to be the capital of the communal land and the service center of the communal land. Growth Points are generally underdeveloped, and receive additional resources and incentives from Government to encourage their development to proper towns in their own right. The long term aim is to also reduce rural-urban migration

Urbanization

Urbanization, urbanisation or urban drift is the physical growth of urban areas as a result of global change. The United Nations projected that half of the world's population would live in urban areas at the end of 2008....

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Examples of Growth Points in Zimbabwe include; Magunje

Magunje

Magunje is the largest village and principal growth point in Hurungwe Communal Land, Mashonaland West province, Zimbabwe. Magunje is located approximately 35 km west-north-west of Karoi town. Magunje has two secondary schools. They are Magunje Government High School, and Charles Clack Mission,...

, Murambinda, Murombedzi

Murombedzi

Murombedzi is a business centre in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe. Murombedzi is about 100km west of Harare, Zimbabwe's capital city....

, Sadza

Sadza

Sadza in Shona, Isitshwala in isiNdebele, pap in South Africa or nsima in the Chichewa language of Malawi, is a cooked corn meal that is the staple food in Zimbabwe and other parts of southern and eastern Africa. This food is cooked widely in other countries of the region.Sadza in appearance is a...

, Domboshawa

Domboshawa

Domboshava is a village in the province of Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe. It is located in an area of granite hills about 27 km north of Harare. The village is named after a large granite hill near the village. There are several rock formations at the top of the hill which have been formed by...

 and Gwengwerere Growth Point, Zimbabwe.