List of cities and towns in Zimbabwe
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This is a list of cities
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City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
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Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
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Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
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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...
. See also: Place names in Zimbabwe
Place names in Zimbabwe
Following independence in 1980, Zimbabwe began renaming cities, towns and streets, in an attempt to eradicate symbols of British colonialism and white minority rule, starting in 1982, on the second anniversary of independence...
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1. | Harare Harare Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its... |
656.011 | 1.189.103 | 1.444.534 | 1.607.022 | Harare Harare Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its... |
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2. | Bulawayo Bulawayo Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with an estimated population in 2010 of 2,000,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland... |
413.814 | 621.742 | 676.787 | 713.340 | Bulawayo Bulawayo Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with an estimated population in 2010 of 2,000,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland... |
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3. | Chitungwiza Chitungwiza Chitungwiza — known colloquially as Chi Town — is a high-density dormitory town in Zimbabwe. The town is approximately 30 kilometres south of the capital, Harare. It was formed in 1978 from three townships: Seke, Zengeza, and St Marys.- Background :... |
172.556 | 274.912 | 321.782 | 352.204 | Harare Harare Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its... |
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4. | Mutare Mutare Mutare is the fourth largest city in Zimbabwe, with a population of around 170,000. It is the capital of Manicaland province.-History:... |
69.621 | 131.367 | 170.106 | 193.629 | Manicaland Manicaland Manicaland is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of and a population of approximately 1.6 million . Mutare is the capital of the province. -Background:... |
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5. | Gweru Gweru Gweru is a city near the centre of Zimbabwe at . It has a population of about 146,073 , making it the third largest city in the nation. Gweru is the capital of Midlands Province. Gweru was founded in 1894 by Dr. Leander Starr Jameson. The first bank opened in Gweru in 1896, and the stock exchange... |
78.918 | 128.037 | 141.260 | 148.935 | Midlands | |
6. | Kwekwe Kwekwe Kwekwe or Kwe Kwe , formerly spelt Que Que, is a city in central Zimbabwe. It is located in the centre of the country —roughly equidistant from Harare to the northeast and Bulawayo to the southwest. Its population stood at 47,607 in 1982, 75,425 in 1992 and the preliminary result of the 2002... |
47.607 | 75.425 | 93.072 | 103.210 | Midlands | |
7. | Kadoma Kadoma, Zimbabwe Kadoma is a city in Zimbabwe in the Mashonaland West province, 140 km south-west of Harare on the main road to Bulawayo. It was known as Gatooma until 1982.... |
44.613 | 67.750 | 76.173 | 81.008 | Mashonaland West Mashonaland West Mashonaland West is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 57,441 km² and a population of approximately 1.2 million . Chinhoyi is the capital of the province.Mashonaland West is divided into 6 districts:* Chegutu* Hurungwe* Kadoma* Kariba... |
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8. | Masvingo Masvingo 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.- History :... |
30.523 | 51.743 | 69.993 | 80.630 | Masvingo Masvingo 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.- History :... |
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9. | Chinhoyi Chinhoyi Chinhoyi is a large provincial town and is the capital of Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe. Sinoia was established in 1906 as a group settlement scheme by a wealthy Italian called Lieutenant Margherito Guidotti who encouraged 10 Italian families to settle there.- Overview :Chinhoyi is located... |
24.322 | 43.054 | 56.794 | 65.109 | Mashonaland West Mashonaland West Mashonaland West is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 57,441 km² and a population of approximately 1.2 million . Chinhoyi is the capital of the province.Mashonaland West is divided into 6 districts:* Chegutu* Hurungwe* Kadoma* Kariba... |
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10. | Marondera Marondera Marondera is a town in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, located about 72 km east of Harare; population 39,384... |
19.971 | 39.384 | 52.283 | 60.291 | Mashonaland East Mashonaland East Mashonaland East is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 32,230 km² and a population of approximately 1.1 million . Marondera is the capital of the province.-Districts:Mashonaland East is divided into eight districts:* Chikomba* Goromonzi... |
Manicaland
- Birchenough BridgeBirchenough BridgeBirchenough Bridge is the name for both a bridge across the Save River and a village next to the bridge. Birchenough Bridge is located 62 km from Chipinge in the Manicaland province of Zimbabwe linking Mutare with Masvingo. The bridge was funded and planned by the Beit Trust, a foundation...
- BuheraBuheraBuhera is a district in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe about 82 km south east of Chivhu. It serves as the administrative and commercial centre for the Sabi communal lands....
- CashelCashel, ZimbabweCashel is a village in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe located near the Mozambique border just north of the Chimanimani mountains. Forestry, bananas, wheat and other cash crops are grown in the area. It was originally called Penkridge but was changed to Cashel in 1957...
- TizvioneTizvioneTizvione is a village in Manicaland province in Zimbabwe....
- ChipingeChipingeChipinge is a town in southeastern Zimbabwe in the province of Manicaland near the Mozambique border. The town lies in a valley in the southern Eastern Highlands. One of Zimbabwe's most famous landmarks, the Birchenough Bridge is located on the Sabi River 62 km from Chipinge...
- HaunaHaunaHauna is a village in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe located in the Honde Valley communal land about 55 km north of Mutare.It is the Growth Point Centre for Mutasa District in Manicaland. Hauna growth point is in Samanga B ward of Mutasa District and has a population of about 8,000. ...
- NyazuraNyazuraNyazura is a village in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe located 72 km north west of Mutare on the main road and railway linking Harare and Mutare. The phosphate from Dorowa are handled by the railways here....
- RusapeRusapeRusape is a town in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe with a population of around 20,000 , situated on the Harare-Mutare main road, approximately 170 km south east of Harare and 93 km north west of Mutare. Rusape is a large, sprawling town that has not quite reached city status...
Mashonaland Central
- Glendale, ZimbabweGlendale, ZimbabweGlendale is a village in the province of Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe. The village of Glendale in Zimbabwe was named after a town of the same name in Northumberland, England. Glendale is located in the Mazowe valley of Zimbabwe, about 85 km north east of Harare...
- Mount Darwin, ZimbabweMount Darwin, ZimbabweMount Darwin or Karanda is a town in Mashonaland Central province in Zimbabwe. It is named after the biologist Charles Darwin. It is located 156 kilometres north of Harare.- History :...
- MvurwiMvurwiMvurwi is a town in Mashonaland Central province in Zimbabwe.Some of Mvurwi's schools include Holy Rosary Primary and Secondary School, Mvurwi Primary and HighSchool and Umvukwes Primary School which is one of the town's most elite learning facilities and...
- BinduraBinduraBindura is a town in the province of Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe. It is located in the Mazowe Valley about 88 km north-east of Harare. According to the 1982 Population Census, the town had a population of 18,243. This rose to 21,167 in the 1992 census. It is the administrative capital of the...
Mashonaland East
- ArcturusArcturus, ZimbabweArcturus is a village in the province of Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. It is located about 32 km east of Harare. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 3,300 and the surrounding rural area has a population of approximately 20,000. The village grew up around the...
- BeatriceBeatrice, ZimbabweBeatrice is a village in the province of Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. It is located about 54 km south-west of Harare on the main Harare-Masvingo next to the Umfului River. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 1,300. The village was named after the Beatrice gold...
- BromleyBromley, ZimbabweBromley is a village in Mashonaland East province in Zimbabwe. It is located on the road between Harare and Marondera....
- ChitungwizaChitungwizaChitungwiza — known colloquially as Chi Town — is a high-density dormitory town in Zimbabwe. The town is approximately 30 kilometres south of the capital, Harare. It was formed in 1978 from three townships: Seke, Zengeza, and St Marys.- Background :...
- MaronderaMaronderaMarondera is a town in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, located about 72 km east of Harare; population 39,384...
- RuwaRuwaRuwa is a town in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, situated 22 km south-east of Harare on the main Harare-Mutare highway and railway line. It serves as a small administrative and trading centre for the surrounding mixed farming area...
- KotwaKotwaKotwa is a census town in Varanasi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Demographics: India census, Kotwa had a population of 12,411. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kotwa has an average literacy rate of 39%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy...
- ChivhuChivhuChivhu is a small town in Zimbabwe, with an estimated population of 10,000 in 2007. It is located south of Harare on the main road south to Masvingo and South Africa.-History:...
- Nharira
- GoromonziGoromonziGoromonzi is a rural community in Zimbabwe, southeast of the country's capital city of Harare. It covers an area of and has a population of 178,000. The people who live in the region are principally from the Shona tribe. The village serves as a trading centre for commercial, communal and...
- HarareHarareHarare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...
(Metropolitan Province) - MachekeMachekeMacheke is a town in the province of Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, located about 105 km south-east of Harare on the main Harare-Mutare road. According to the 1982 Population Census, the town had a population of 1,888. It was named after the Macheke River and means "you have divided"...
- Mahusekwa
- Suswe
- WedzaWedzaWedza is a district in the province of Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. It is located about south of Marondera, and south of Harare. The Mbire people of the Soko Clan were the early inhabitants who mined iron in the Hwedza hills which means "a place of wealth". A village was established in 1910...
- MutokoMutokoMutoko is a small town in Mashonaland East province, Zimbabwe. It was established as an administrative station in 1911. It lies 143 km from Harare. It is named after the local Chief Mutoko....
- MurewaMurewaMurewa, also known as Murehwa or Mrewa is a village in Zimbabwe 75 kilometers northeast from the capital of Harare, at the road to Tete . It is situated almost 1400 m above sea level. In 2002, the number of inhabitants was 8398. Public and private buildings are simple. "Growthpoint" and village...
- EpworthEpworthEpworth is a small town and civil parish in the Isle of Axholme, North Lincolnshire, England. As the birthplace of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, it has given its name to many institutions associated with Methodism. Their father, Samuel Wesley, was the rector from 1695 to 1735.- Description...
- JuruJuruJuru is a town in Penang, Malaysia. It situated in Seberang Prai Tengah. The Juru Highway Auto-City and 1 Stop Auto & Food is located here...
- SadzaSadzaSadza 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...
- Makosa
- Makaha
- Bondamakara
- Headlands
- NyamapandaNyamapandaNyamapanda is a town in the Mashonaland East province of northern Zimbabwe. Its altitude is ....
Mashonaland West
- AlaskaAlaska, ZimbabweAlaska is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 15 km west of Chinhoyi. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 3,854. The village grew up around the old Alaska Mine which started mining copper in 1959...
- BanketBanket, ZimbabweBanket is a town in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 95 km north-west of Harare on the main Harare-Chinhoyi road. According to the 1982 Population Census, the town had a population of 5,698...
- BattlefieldsBattlefieldsBattlefields is a settlement in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe....
- Bumi HillsBumi HillsBumi Hills is the name of a group of hills and luxury hotel in Mashonaland West province Zimbabwe. The hotel is situated on hilly ground overlooking the southern shore of Lake Kariba...
- Cape Haig
- Chakari
- ChararaChararaCharara is a town in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe....
- ChegutuChegutuChegutu is a town in the Mashonaland West province, northern Zimbabwe and is 110km southwest of Harare on the main Harare-Bulawayo road . According to the 1992 Population Census, the town had a population of 30,191...
- ChinhoyiChinhoyiChinhoyi is a large provincial town and is the capital of Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe. Sinoia was established in 1906 as a group settlement scheme by a wealthy Italian called Lieutenant Margherito Guidotti who encouraged 10 Italian families to settle there.- Overview :Chinhoyi is located...
(Provincial Capital) - ChirunduChirundu, ZimbabweChirundu is a village and border post in Zimbabwe on the border with Zambia, in Mashonaland West province. It is located on the banks of the Zambezi river, and as a result it lies in the hot Zambezi Valley. It is the site of the Chirundu Bridges, two of only five road or rail bridges across the...
- DarwendaleDarwendaleDarwendale is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 62 km west of Harare. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 3,264. The village grew from O.C. Zimmerman's farm which was pegged out in the 1890s to grow tobacco....
- DomaDoma- Places :* Domah, a mandal in Ranga Reddy district, Andhra Pradesh, India* Doma, Nigeria, a local government are in Nasarawa State, Nigeria* Duma , a Palestinian town in the West Bank- Other uses :...
- Eiffel FlatsEiffel FlatsEiffel Flats is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 7 km east of Kadoma. The village began in 1905 as a residential township for the Cam and Motor gold mines. The two original mines are now closed but gold is still mined in the area and there is a...
- EldoradoEldorado, ZimbabweEldorado, Zimbabwe is a settlement in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe....
- FeockFeock, ZimbabweFeock is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 8 km north of Mutorashanga. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 2,866. The village started as a residential and commercial township for the Feock chromite mine....
- GadzemaGadzemaGadzema is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 110 km south-west of Harare on the main Harare-Bulawayo railway line. The village grew up around the a railway station that was built on the line. It was named after a nearby hill, Ganidzima Hill, which...
- Golden ValleyGolden Valley, ZimbabweGolden Valley, Zimbabwe is a village in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe....
- KadomaKadoma, ZimbabweKadoma is a city in Zimbabwe in the Mashonaland West province, 140 km south-west of Harare on the main road to Bulawayo. It was known as Gatooma until 1982....
- KaribaKaribaKariba is a town in Mashonaland West province, Zimbabwe, located close to the Kariba Dam at the northwestern end of Lake Kariba, near the Zambian border. According to the 1992 Population Census, the town had a population of 20,736....
- KaroiKaroiKaroi is both a town and a district in Mashonaland West province, Zimbabwe. Karoi town is located approximately 200 km North West of Harare along the main road from Harare to Kariba and Chirundu. Karoi town is situated in a farming area. The population of Karoi town in the 1992 census was 14,763...
- KildonanKildonan, ZimbabweKildonan, Zimbabwe is a village in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe....
- Lion's Den
- MadadziMadadziMadadzi is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 13 km southeast of Karoi in a tobacco-growing area....
- MagunjeMagunjeMagunje 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,...
- MakutiMakutiMakuti is a small village in Mashonaland West province, Zimbabwe. It lies on the main road between Harare and Chirundu borderpost. All traffic for Kariba turns off the Harare-Chirundu road at Makuti. The village is surrounded by wildlife/safari areas, and very few people live there. Makuti has a...
- MakwiroMakwiroMakwiro is a settlement in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe....
- MhanguraMhanguraMhangura is a small town in Mashonaland West province, Zimbabwe. The name was probably derived from the Shona word mhangura meaning "red metal" in reference to copper. According to the 1992 census Mhangura had a population of 11,175...
- MubayiraMubayiraMubayira is a small village in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe. It is southwest of the capitol of Harare....
- MunyatiMunyatiMunyati is a small town in Midlands province in Zimbabwe. It is located about 29km north of Kwekwe on the main Harare-Bulawayo road which was about 5km away from the village center. In 1938 a coal-fired power station was built in the area and the village was established to house the personnel...
- MurielMuriel, ZimbabweMuriel, Zimbabwe is a settlement in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe....
- MurombedziMurombedziMurombedzi is a business centre in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe. Murombedzi is about 100km west of Harare, Zimbabwe's capital city....
- MutorashangaMutorashangathumb|right|350px|Entrance of an [[adit]] of a [[chromite]] mine, MutorashangaMutorashanga 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...
- MwamiMwami, ZimbabweMwami is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe.-External links:*...
- NortonNorton, ZimbabweNorton is a town in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. 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 had a population of 12,360. This rose to 20, 405 in the 1992 census, and...
- Orlando Heights
- RaffingoraRaffingoraRaffingora is a small town in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 43 km west of Chinhoyi in one of Zimbabwe's leading tobacco growing districts....
- SanyatiSanyatiSanyati is a former native purchase area in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. Sanyati is a communal area widely known in Zimbabwe for cotton farming. It is located about 92 km north-west of Kadoma on the Sanyati River...
- SelousSelous, ZimbabweSelous is a village in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe. It lies not far from Harare on the main Harare to Bulawayo road.It is named after the British explorer and hunter Frederick Selous....
- ShackletonShackleton, ZimbabweShackleton, Zimbabwe is a village in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe....
- TashingaTashingaTashinga is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is an extension of the Tashinga camp in the Matusadona National Park and can be accessed only by water....
- TengweTengweTengwe is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe situated about 70 km north-west of Chinhoyi. Tobacco is mainly produced in the area....
- Trelawney
- UmswesweUmswesweUmsweswe is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 16 km south-west of Kadoma....
- Unsworth
- VanadVanadVanad is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 12 km north of Mutorashanga in the Mvurwi Range. The village started as a residential settlement for the Vanad chromite mine. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 2,565...
- VeniceVenice, ZimbabweVenice is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 30 km south-east of Kadoma. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 3,306. The village grew up as a residential and commercial centre for the Venice gold mine....
- VutiVutiVuti is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 60 km north-west of Karoi and 10 km east of the Charara Safari Area....
- ZaveZaveZave is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 7 km north of Lion's Den and is the terminus of a railway branch line....
Masvingo
- BikitaBikitaBikita is a district in the Masvingo Province of Zimbabwe. It is located about 80 km east of Masvingo. Its name probably is derived from the Shona word Dikita which means antbear, which describes the shape of a nearby hill. The district was previously known as Denga which means up in the clouds and...
- Bubye RiverBubye RiverThe Bubye River is a tributary of the Limpopo River in Beitbridge District and Gwanda District, Zimbabwe. There are no major dams on the river, although two sites have been identified.- References :...
- Buffalo Range
- ChatsworthChatsworth, ZimbabweChatsworth is a small village in the Masvingo Province of Zimbabwe. It is located about 58 km north of Masvingo on the Masvingo-Gweru railway line. The settlement started in 1911 as a railway station.-Name:...
- ChiredziChiredziChiredzi is a small town in Masvingo province in south-east Zimbabwe. Together with its sister town of Triangle, it is the major center of sugar production in the country.-Background:...
- Chivi
- FelixburgFelixburgFelixburg is a village in the Masvingo Province of Zimbabwe. It is located about north of Masvingo on the road that connects Masvingo to Chivhu. It was named after Felix Posselt who visited the area in 1888 and later settled at Felixsburg....
- Gaths MineGaths MineGaths Mine is a village adjacent to Mashava in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe and is located 40 km from Masvingo. The village once served as a residential area for a number of asbestos mines, Temeraire, Gaths and King mines, however only King mine is functioning at the moment. Population figures...
- Glenclova
- Glenlivet
- GutuGuţuGuţu is a Romanian surname:* Ana Guţu* Ion Guţu* Lidia Guţu* Octavian Guţu...
- GurajenaGurajenaGurajena is a village in the Masvingo Province of Zimbabwe. It is located about 60 km north east of Masvingo and can be reached by following Zimuto Road north and then branching off at Maraire Growth Point to go due north east and crossing the Munyambe River, which is the border between Gutu...
- Gwengwerere Growth Point, Zimbabwe
- Hippo Valley
- Mabalauta
- MarandaMaranda, ZimbabweMaranda, locally known as "No. 1", is a small business center on the northern edge of Mwenezi . It is the home town of Dr. Love, Paul Matavire the former popular musician and Nikita Mangena, ZIPRA military leader during the Second Chimurenga war. It is a center of trade in the district, with people...
- MashavaMashavaMashava 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...
- MasvingoMasvingoMasvingo 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.- History :...
(Provincial Capital) - MbiziMbiziMbizi is a village in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. It is the junction of the Gweru-Maputo and lowveld railway lines, operated by National Railways of Zimbabwe....
- Mupandawana
- Mwenezi
- NdangaNdangaNdanga is a sub-district in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe and is located 60 km south-east of Masvingo. The area is easily accessible from the city of Masvingo, as it is lies roughly midway on a highway linking the province's two main cities of Masvingo and Chiredzi...
- Nemanwa
- Ngomahuru
- NgunduNgunduNgundu is a village in Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe.Pre 1950 Ngundu Halt was a stopping point for the Rhodesia Railways Road Motor Service, or RMS. There was a small roof topped structure with a secure door where the mailbag was dropped for Triangle Estates and I believe for other residents in the...
- RencoRencoRenco is a village in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe and is located 70 km from Masvingo. The village grew up around the Renco gold mine. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 3,817....
- Zimuto SidingZimuto SidingZimuto Siding pronounced correctly as ZeeMooToe Siding, is named in the ChiKaranga language spoken locally after Chief Zimuto in whose area it is located. Zi is a word prefix denoting large size, and Muto is a noun meaning soup. So literally Zimuto means a large amount of soup...
- RutengaRutengaRutenga is a growth point in Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe. It straddles the A4 highway between Beitbridge and Masvingo. It is the defacto capital of Mwenezi .- Background :...
- SangoSango, ZimbabweSango is a village in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe on the Mozambique border. The village supports the border post lying at the southern end of the Gonarezhou National Park....
- Soti-Source
- TriangleTriangle, ZimbabweTriangle is a small town in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe and is located 125 km south-east from Masvingo, between Ngundu Growth Point and Chiredzi...
- TswizaTswizaTswiza is a village in the province of Masvingo, Zimbabwe. It is located about 25 km north of Sango in the Gonarezhou National Park on the railway line that links Gweru to Maputo in Mozambique....
- ZakaZakaZaka is a district in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe and is located 86 km southeast from Masvingo in the Ndanga communal land. The village was established in 1923 and lies in a very low-lying area hence the Shona derived name kwo-ka-zaka which means to where it is going down.- Background :Zaka...
- Musekiwa
Matabeleland North
- BembeziBembeziBembezi is a small settlement in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 43 km north-east of Bulawayo. The Battle of Bembezi took place nearby in 1893....
- BingaBingaBinga District, now Binga North District and Binga South District, lies in the hot and arid Zambezi Encampment, the region that was once the territory of the tsetse fly.-Boundaries:Binga District is an area of land bounded by a line drawn from;...
- BulawayoBulawayoBulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with an estimated population in 2010 of 2,000,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland...
(Metropolitan Province) - DagamelaDagamelaDagamela is a small settlement in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 140 km north-west of Gweru in the Nkayi District close to the Shangani River....
- Deka Drum
- DeteDeteDete is a small railway re-crewing depot and village on the Bulawayo-Hwange-Victoria Falls railway line in Zimbabwe, approximately north of Bulawayo and south of Hwange, lying within the Hwange National Park.-Features:...
- EastnorEastnor (Zimbabwe)Eastnor is a village in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 25 km north of Bulawayo in a commercial farming area....
- HwangeHwangeHwange is a town in western Zimbabwe, in the province of Matabeleland North. It is named after the chieftain of Zwange, who is now called Chief Hwange. The town was known as Wankie until 1982. According to the 1992 Population Census, the town had a population of 42,581...
- InyatiInyatiInyati 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 Sykes of the London Missionary Society by...
- KamativiKamativiKamativi is a small mining town in Matabeleland North province, Zimbabwe. Kamativi is also the name of a tin mine located at the town. The town exists because of the mine....
- KariyangweKariyangweKariyangwe is a settlement in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 60 km south of Binga. The settlement grew up around the Kariyangwe Mission, the first to be set up by the Spanish missionaries that arrived in the country in 1949. The people are Matonga...
- KazungulaKazungula, ZimbabweKazungula is a small border post settlement in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe close to Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. Just to the west is the Botswana border village of Kazungula, from where there is a ferry service for vehicles across the Zambezi River to the town in Zambia also called...
- Kenmaur
- Lonely MineLonely MineLonely Mine is a village in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 84 km north-east of Bulawayo, just north of Inyati. It was established in 1906 when gold was discovered in the area. Gold, nickel and tungsten are still mined in the area today....
- LupaneLupaneLupane can refer to :*Lupane District in Zimbabwe*Lupane triterpenes...
(Provincial Capital) - Lusulu
- MatetsiMatetsiMatetsi is a village in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 55 km west of Hwange. The village started as a railway siding and took its name from the nearby Matetsi River. Most of the surrounding land is under forest and the Matetsi Safari Area....
- MlibiziMlibiziMlibizi is a village on the southern shore of Lake Kariba. Mlibizi is situated in Matabeleland North province in Zimbabwe. Mlibizi is a popular fishing resort and is the terminal of the Kariba Ferries car and passenger ferry. Kariba Ferries is a company that operates car and passenger ferries from...
- Msuna
- NkayiNkayi, ZimbabweNkayi is a district in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 100 km west of Kwekwe and 168 km north-east of Bulawayo in Nkayi communal land. It is believed that its name originates from the Tonga word "Uyinkayi" meaning "where are you going"...
- Ntabazinduna
- NyamandhlovuNyamandhlovuNyamandhlovu is a village in Matabeleland North province in Zimbabwe. Nyamandhlovu means "meat of the elephant" in the local language of Ndebele....
- Pandamatenga
- Queen's MineQueen's MineQueen's Mine is a village in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 55 km north-east of Bulawayo along the Bulawayo-Eastnor road. The village grew up around the now closed Queen's Mine. The gold mine was pegged on the site of ancient diggings in 1893. It derived its name from the...
- ShanganiShanganiShangani may refer to:*Shangani Patrol - also known as Wilson's Last Stand*Shangani River, Zimbabwe*Shangani Tribe in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa*Shangani, Stone Town, a ward of Zanzibar City in Stone Town...
- Siabuwa
- TsholotshoTsholotsho- Introduction :Tsholotsho is a business center in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 65km north-west of Nyamandhlovu,and 98km north-west of Bulawayo as the bird flies, in the Tjolotjo communal land...
- TshotsholoTshotsholoTshotsholo is a district in the province of Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. It is located about 115km northwest of Bulawayo. Its neighboring villages are Bulilimamangwe to the southwest, Bubi-Umguza to the northeast, Hwange to the west,Nyamandlovu to the east, and Lupane to the north....
- Turk MineTurk MineTurk Mine is a village in the province of Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. It is located about 56 km north-east of Bulawayo. The village grew up around a gold mine of the same name and serves as an administrative centre for the surrounding mining and ranching area.The Streak family, including...
- Victoria FallsVictoria Falls, ZimbabweVictoria Falls is a town in the province of Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. It lies on the southern bank of the Zambezi River at the western end of the Victoria Falls themselves...
Matabeleland South
- Antelope MineAntelope MineAntelope Mine is a village in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. It is located about 114 km south of Bulawayo and 14 km south of Kezi. The village grew up around the old Antelope Mine which started mining gold in 1913 but closed in 1919....
- BeitbridgeBeitbridgeBeitbridge or Mzingwane 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.-Background:...
- Blanket
- Colleen BawnColleen BawnFor the Dion Boucicault play, please see The Colleen BawnColleen Bawn is a village in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. It is located about 153 km south-east of Bulawayo on the main Bulawayo-Beitbridge road...
- Esimbomvu
- EsigodiniEsigodiniEsigodini is a village in Zimbabwe in Matabeleland South province. It is situated 43 km from Bulawayo by road and 47 km by rail on the Bulawayo-Beitbridge line. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 1,492. Esigodini is the administrative centre for Umzingwane...
- FigtreeFigtreeFigtree is a village in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. It is located about 37 km south-west of Bulawayo on the main Bulawayo-Plumtree road. The village is named after a wild fig tree which in the 19th century those wishing to enter the Matabele Kingdom had to wait by this tree for...
- FilabusiFilabusiFilabusi is a district in Matabeleland South province in Zimbabwe. It is the district capital of Insiza and service centre for the surrounding mining and farming areas.Mining in the Filabusi area is now mainly small scale gold mining...
- Fort RixonFort RixonFort Rixon is a village and farming centre in Matabeleland in the Republic of Zimbabwe, located some north-east of Bulawayo. It was founded as a military outpost in 1896 during the rebellion of the Matabele nation against British colonial rule of Rhodesia....
- Fort Usher
- GwandaGwandaGwanda is the capital of the province of Matabeleland South in Zimbabwe. It is located on the Bulawayo-Beitbridge road and railway. Gwanda was founded in 1900. According to the 1982 Population Census, the town had a population of 4,874...
(Provincial Capital) - Kame
- KeziKeziKezi is a village in Matabeleland South province in Zimbabwe....
- MangweMangweIn the mythology of the Ila people of Zambia, Mangwe is a water spirit known as 'the flooder'....
- Maphisa
- MarulaMarula, ZimbabweMarula is a small village and railway station on the Bulawayo-Plumtree railway lineCoordinates:...
- MazungaMazungaMazunga refers to a term that natives of Uganda sometimes use to describe outside Caucasian visitors. When Europeans first arrived, and the Africans noticed that the white people didn’t work so much as walk around and tell other people to work...
- MbalabalaMbalabalaMbalabala is a village on the main Beitbridge-Bulawayo road in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe. Situated approximately 41 miles south-east of the city of Bulawayo. The name is derived from the Ndebele name for the greater kudu...
- Mphoengs
- Ngwesi
- Nsiza
- PlumtreePlumtree, ZimbabwePlumtree, Zimbabwe is a town in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe, close to the border to Botswana. It is the local administrative centre. It sits at an altitude of 1280 metres on the watershed between the Limpopo river and the Nata river that drains into Okavango to the north. The annual rainfall is...
- TowlaTowlaTowla is a village in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. It is located about 90 km north of Beitbridge and presently serves as the Headquarters of the Bubye Valley Conservancy, believed to be the largest private wildlife reserve in the world....
- Tuli
- Vubachikwe
- West NicholsonWest NicholsonWest Nicholson or Tshabezi is a village in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. It is located about halfway between Zimbabwe's second largest city, Bulawayo, and the border town to South Africa, Beitbridge, along the main road and rail link to South Africa.According to the 1982 Population...
Midlands
- Bannockburn
- Buchwa
- Chirumanzu
- ChivhuChivhuChivhu is a small town in Zimbabwe, with an estimated population of 10,000 in 2007. It is located south of Harare on the main road south to Masvingo and South Africa.-History:...
- Copper Queen
- Empress Mine
- Featherstone
- Gokwe
- Guinea Fowl
- GweruGweruGweru is a city near the centre of Zimbabwe at . It has a population of about 146,073 , making it the third largest city in the nation. Gweru is the capital of Midlands Province. Gweru was founded in 1894 by Dr. Leander Starr Jameson. The first bank opened in Gweru in 1896, and the stock exchange...
(Provincial Capital) - Hunters Road
- Ingezi
- Insukamini
- KwekweKwekweKwekwe or Kwe Kwe , formerly spelt Que Que, is a city in central Zimbabwe. It is located in the centre of the country —roughly equidistant from Harare to the northeast and Bulawayo to the southwest. Its population stood at 47,607 in 1982, 75,425 in 1992 and the preliminary result of the 2002...
- LalapanziLalapanziLalapanzi is a village in Midlands province in Zimbabwe. It straddles the Great Dyke, a mineral-rich geological formation that runs north–south down the center of the country...
- MberengwaMberengwa (District)Mberengwa is a district in Midlands province in Zimbabwe. The district is prone to droughts and high temperatures, but abundant in minerals like gold, iron ore, emeralds and also asbestos was mined before. Buchwa Mine, Vanguard Mine, Sandawana and C Mine are all located in Mberengwa. The name...
- MvumaMvumaMvuma is a village in Midlands province in Zimbabwe.Located 192 km south of Harare along the Harare - Masvingo highway. Approx 100 km from Masvingo....
- New Featherstone
- Njelele
- RedcliffRedcliff, ZimbabweRedcliff is a town situated in the Midlands Province, Zimbabwe, with a population of approximately 35,000 . The town is about 220 km south west of the capital, Harare....
- Sherwood
- ShurugwiShurugwiShurugwi, formerly Selukwe, a town and administrative centre in Midlands Province, southern Zimbabwe, located about 350 km south of Harare; population 16,138...
- SilobelaSilobelaSilobela is an agricultural village in Gweru District in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. It is located about west of Kwekwe, north-west of Gweru, and bordering Nkayi on the west...
- SomabhulaSomabhulaSomabhula is a village in Midlands province in Zimbabwe. It is also the rail junction for Zimbabwe's southern links to neighboring Mozambique and South Africa. It was a major beef and mixed farming area up until the time that Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF confiscated farmland from white farmers. It is...
- The Range
- ZhombeZhombeZhombe is a village in the province of Midlands, Zimbabwe. It is located about 55 km north-west of Kwekwe and 100 km south-east of Gokwe.Well known growth points in Zhombe:...
- Zvishavane