Turk Mine is a village in the province of Matabeleland North

Matabeleland North

Matabeleland North is a province in western Zimbabwe. It borders the provinces of Midlands and Mashonaland West to the east and northeast respectively, and the province of Matabeleland South and the city of Bulawayo to the south. Its northern border is defined by the Zambezi river, while its...

, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

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. It is located about 56 km north-east of 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...

. The village grew up around a gold

Gold

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mine of the same name and serves as an administrative centre for the surrounding mining and ranching area.

The Streak family, including Heath and Denis who both represented Zimbabwe in cricket, have been farming in the area for over a century. Denis Streak even created a cricket oval on his farm at Turk Mine.