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To reach Gwanda you must travel via Bulawayo about 464 km. [1] The small town was named after king Mzilikazi's Chief Maphisa Fuyana who was the regimental head of that area. Before its rename by locals to 'Maphisa', it was known as Antelope Mine, named after Antelopes which were common in the area before human settlements. Maphisa is also a ...
This is approximately 171 kilometres (106 mi), by road, southeast of Bulawayo, the nearest large city. [3] West Nicholson is approximately 150.5 kilometres (94 mi), by road, northwest of the town of Beitbridge , at the international border with South Africa . [ 4 ]
The Matobo National Park forms the core of the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe. The hills were formed over 2 billion years ago with granite being forced to the surface; it has eroded to produce smooth "whaleback dwalas" and broken ...
Gweru, originally known as Gwelo, is a city in central Zimbabwe.It is on the centre of Midlands Province.Originally an area known to the Ndebele as "The Steep Place" because of the Gweru River's high banks, in 1894 it became the site of a military outpost established by Leander Starr Jameson. [2]
Hwange National Park (formerly Wankie Game Reserve) is the largest natural reserve in Zimbabwe.It is around 14,600 sq km in area. It lies in the northwest of the country, just off the main road between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls.
The Wildlife Estate includes eleven national parks: the Chimanimani National Park (including the Eland Sanctuary), Chizarira National Park, the Gonarezhou National Park, the Hwange National Park, the Kazuma Pan National Park, the Mana Pools National Park, the Matusadona National Park, the Matobo National Park, the Nyanga National Park, and Victoria Falls National Park and Zambezi National Parks.
Gwanda was founded in 1900 as a settlement of European gold miners and prospectors. Its name derives from that of a nearby hill known as Jahunda. It is located on the Bulawayo-Beitbridge road and the railway that runs south to West Nicholson. The town is the a centre for Matebeleland South’s cattle ranching industry and also trades in ...
Killarney is a suburb of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It is named after the town of Killarney in County Kerry in southwest Ireland. It is a low density suburb found on the North Eastern part of Bulawayo. In Killarney, there is a primary school, Centenary Primary school and The Zimbabwe School Of Mines, which is a mining school in Southern Africa.