Zvishavane
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Zvishavane, formerly known as Shabani, is a mining town in Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. Surrounded by low hills, it lies west of Masvingo, on the main Bulawayo-Masvingo road. Other roads lead from Zvishavane to Gweru, north, and Mberengwa, south-west. It is also on direct rail links to Gweru and Beit Bridge which then link up with Harare and Bulawayo in Zimbabwe and to Maputo in Mozambique, and Pretoria in South Africa. It has a private airport serving the city.
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- Zvishavane
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- Zimbabwe
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- Midlands
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- Zvishavane
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- 2022 census
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- 59717
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- +2
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- 901
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- BSh
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Zvishavane, formerly known as Shabani, is a mining town in Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. Surrounded by low hills, it lies west of Masvingo, on the main Bulawayo-Masvingo road. Other roads lead from Zvishavane to Gweru, north, and Mberengwa, south-west. It is also on direct rail links to Gweru and Beit Bridge which then link up with Harare and Bulawayo in Zimbabwe and to Maputo in Mozambique, and Pretoria in South Africa. It has a private airport serving the city.
==Name== Zvishavane was formerly called Shabanie (used by the mine) or Shabani (used for the town). The name is derived from the Shona adjective for reddish, referring to the hills around the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zvishavane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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