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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Within Vinony's link graph, Zvishavane is referenced by 84 other articles, and connects out to Midlands Province, Beitbridge and FC Platinum.
The entry is geolocated on the map in ZW, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Mining communities in Africa, Mining in Zimbabwe and Populated places in Midlands Province.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
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- Zvishavane
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- Zvishavane
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- Zimbabwe
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
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- Midlands
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- District
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- Zvishavane
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- 2022 census
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- 59717
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- auto
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- CAT
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- +2
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- 901
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- BSh
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- locality
- Official name
- Zvishavane
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Located in
- Zvishavane District
- Population
- 35229
- Elevation
- 998
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Zvishavane District
- Image
- Zvishavane21032005.jpg
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- Zvishavane
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- 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.
==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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