Key facts
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Capital
- Gweru
- Type
- Provincial Government
- Minister of state for provincial affairs
- Owen Ncube ( ZANU-PF )
- Total
- 49,166 km (18,983 sq mi)
- Density
- 36.853/km (95.448/sq mi)
- Hdi 2021
- 0.590 , medium · 3rd of 10
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Zimbabwe
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Located in
- Zimbabwe
- Capital
- Gweru
- Area
- 49166.0
- Elevation
- 1311
- Shares border with
- Masvingo Province
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- topic's main category
- Category:Midlands Province
- Commons category
- Midlands Province
- language used
- Tonga
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Encyclopedic overview
Midlands is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 49,166 square kilometres (18,983 mi) and a population of 1,811,905 (2022). It spread across eight administration district: Gweru, Gokwe south, Kwekwe, Mberengwa, Shurugwi, eZvishavane and Chirumanzu. It is home to various peoples. Located at a central point in the country, it contains speakers of Shona, Ndebele, Tswana, Sotho, Vendaand Chewa, as well as of various other languages. The main language in Midlands province are Shona and isiNdebele with Shona acting as a primary, widespread language and isiNdebele heavily featured in specific districs. Shona is the most widely spoken language, particularly in areas like Gweru with dialects such as Karanga, Zezuru and Mhari commonly used. IsiNdebele prevalent in the western parts of the province and in areas bordering Mathebeleland. Gweru, a well connected city with robust infrastructure, serves as the third-largest city in Zimbabwe, is the capital of the province.
Midlands Province contains Kwekwe, a city of considerable mining and manufacturing industries, in which also the Sable Chemicals Trust maintains a presence.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Midlands Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.