Esigodini
Sign in to saveEsigodini, originally known as Essexvale, is a town in the Matabeleland South Province of Zimbabwe. It is the administrative centre for Umzingwane District, one of the seven administrative districts in Matabeleland South. It was originally an estate of Frederick Selous, a British explorer, officer, professional hunter, and conservationist.
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- Locality
- Esigodini
- Region
- Matabeleland South
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Population
- 2,228
- Timezone
- Africa/Harare
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Located in
- Umzingwane District
- Elevation
- 1181
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
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Esigodini, originally known as Essexvale, is a town in the Matabeleland South Province of Zimbabwe. It is the administrative centre for Umzingwane District, one of the seven administrative districts in Matabeleland South. It was originally an estate of Frederick Selous, a British explorer, officer, professional hunter, and conservationist.
==Location== Esigodini is situated approximately , by Gwanda road, southeast of Bulawayo, the nearest large city and largest urban centre in the province. The town sits along the Bulawayo–Beitbridge Road, approximately northwest of the town of Gwanda. The geographical coordinates of the town are:20°17'33.0"S, 28°56'17.0"E (Latitude:-20.292500; Longitude:28.938056). Esigodini is located at an average elevation of , above mean sea level.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Esigodini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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