Villages in Zimbabwe Villages in Zimbabwe Alaska 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. Although it is not in operation anymore other mines in the Makonde area still mine copper and the village is the centre for smelting and refining copper. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alaska, Zimbabwe"
Arcturus 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 Arcturus Mine, Zimbabwe's leading producer of gold. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arcturus, Zimbabwe"
Beatrice 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 mext 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 mine, around which it grew. The mine was in operation from 1895 to 1945 and was named after the sister of Lieutenant Henry Borrow, a member of the Pioneer Column. Gold is still mined at the Joyce Mine nearby. Mixed farming and Dairy takes place in the surrounding area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beatrice, Zimbabwe"
Bikita is a village 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 village was previously known as Denga which means up in the cloads and has moved several times to different locations. The surrounding area is mined for lithium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bikita"
Birchenough Bridge is the name for both a bridge acrosses the Save River (pronounced Sa've) 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 chaired at the time by Sir Henry Birchenough, it was completed in 1935. At a length of 1080 feet (329 meters) it was the third longest single-arch suspension bridges in the world at the time. ...more on Wikipedia about "Birchenough Bridge"
Buhera is a village 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. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buhera"
Caesar is a village in the province of Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe. It is located in the Mvurwi Range about 12 km south of the Mutorashanga Pass in the Makonde district. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 2,674. The village grew up around the Caesar Mine which is a chromite mine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caesar, Zimbabwe" Inform your friends about www.shortopedia.com
Cashel 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 ...more on Wikipedia about "Cashel, Zimbabwe"
Chakari is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 34 km west of Chegutu and 34 km north of Kadoma. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 8,415. The village grew up around the Turkois Mine in 1907 and was named after the mine. In 1911 it was renamed Shagari but the name was changed again in 1923 to its current name, Chakari. Gold is still mined at the Dalny Mine which is one of Zimbabwe's largest producers of gold. Maize, wheat, sorghum, barley and cotton are grown in the area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chakari"
Chatsworth is a small village in the Masvingo Province of Zimbabwe. It is located about 58 km north of Masvingo on the Masvingo- Gweru railwayline. The settlement started in 1911 as a railway station. The village was first called Makori, then Makowries and in 1919 renamed Chatsworth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chatsworth, Zimbabwe"
Chimanimani (known as Melsetter until 1982) is a mountainous area in the east of Zimbabwe. The region is distinguished by large volcanic peaks, the highest reaching to 2440 m (8005 ft) and stretching for some 50 km (31 mi). Situated between the village of Chimanimani and the border are the more gentle and rounded ranges. Much of the area constitutes a National Park and is the southernmost section of the Eastern Highlands, 150 km (93 mi) from the town of Mutare. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chimanimani, Zimbabwe"
Chisumbanje is a village in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe. It is located in the Dowoyo communal land on the eastern bank of the Save River. It is about 95 km south of Birchenough Bridge on the Birchenough Bridge- Chiredzi road. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chisumbanje"
Craigmore is a village in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe located about 30 km south west of Chipinge. ...more on Wikipedia about "Craigmore"
Daramombe is a village in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe located at the eastern end of the Daramombe Hills, about 45 km from Chivhu. The village serves as a trading and commercial centre for the Narira, Save and Save North communal lands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daramombe"
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Darwendale is a village in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 62 km east 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. Chromium is mined to the north of the village. ...more on Wikipedia about "Darwendale"
Domboshawa 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. The rock is covered in red lichen given it a red appearance. The name is derived from dombo meaning "hill" and shawa meaning "red". There is a cave in the hill with rock art. ...more on Wikipedia about "Domboshawa"
Dorowa is a village in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe located 3 km south of the Save River in the Upper Save valley about 90 km west of Mutare. The village grew up around the Dorowa Mine where phosphate was discovered in 1945. The mine produces most of Zimbabwe's phosphate. The village is a rural service centre for the Save communal land. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dorowa"
Eiffel 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 orginal mines are now closed but gold is still mined in the area and there is a refinery in the village. Nickel is also refined at a refinery. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eiffel Flats"
Esigodini (known as Essexvale until 1982) is a village in Zimbabwe is situated 43 km from Bulawayo by road and 47 km by rail on the Bulawayo- West Nicholson line. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 1,492. Nearby is Falcon College, a renowned secondary school for boys. The village was founded in 1894. ...more on Wikipedia about "Esigodini"
Felixburg is a village in the Masvingo Province of Zimbabwe. It is located about 53 km south 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. ...more on Wikipedia about "Felixburg"
Feock 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. ...more on Wikipedia about "Feock"
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Fort Rixon is a village and farming centre in Matabeleland in the Republic of Zimbabwe, located some 48 miles 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. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fort Rixon"
Gadzema 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 means "a shining place". Gold was discovered in the area and in 1905 the Giant Mine was opened by is now closed. In 1920 the station was closed and is now just operated as a sliding. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gadzema"
Gaths Mine is a village adjacent to Mashava in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe and is located 40km from Masvingo. The village once served as a residential a number of asbestos mines, Temeraire, Gaths and King mines, however only King mine is functioning at the moment. Population figures have been incorporated into Mashava figures. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gaths Mine"
Glendale is a village in the province of Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe. It is located in the Mazowe valley about 85 km north of Harare. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 6,076. Maize, cotton, cattle, pigs and citrus are farmed in the region. Glendale has a large railway depot, cotton depot and ginnery. A textile industry is developing in the village. Zimbabwe's leading iron pyrites producer, the Iron Duke Mine, is 15 km south of Glendale. ...more on Wikipedia about "Glendale, Zimbabwe" www.shortopedia.com rocks. Villages_in_Zimbabwe
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