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Sebakwe River
Sebakwe River or Zibagwe River is a river in Zimbabwe. Sebakwe River is located in the Midlands (Zimbabwe), Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. It has a length straight line from source to mouth, and is a tributary of Munyati River which it joins in Zhombe, Zhombe East at . Sebakwe River descends from the south-western heel of Mtoro Hill, elevation , north-east of Chivhu. It then flows south-westerly, east of Chivhu and west of The Range, Zimbabwe, The Range. Background The name Sebakwe is a distortion of the name ''Zibagwe'' meaning a very large maize plant or cob. The other version of the originality of the name say it derives from the name "''Chiwake'' meaning 'that which is built up', referring to a barrier built during the Rebellion". Presently the name "Zibagwe" prevails. There is a legend orally transmitted that tells how the name Zibagwe came about. It says ''Zibagwe'' which is a ChiShona name for " a very large maize plant or cob" was given when local people visited to ...
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Sanyati Basin OSM
Sanyati is a town in Zimbabwe. Location The town is located in Kadoma District, in Mashonaland West Province, in northern central Zimbabwe. This location is about , by road, northwest of the city of Kadoma, where the district headquarters are located. Sanyati is located on the east bank of the Sanyati River, about , by road, northeast of the town of Gokwe, on the opposite side of the river. The coordinates of Sanyati are: 17° 57' 0.00"S, 29° 18' 27.00"E (Latitude:17.9500; Longitude:29.3075). Overview The town of Sanyati and the surrounding sub-district known as ''Sanyati Subdistrict'' lie in an area known as the ''Sanyati Tribal Trust Lands'', which is a major cotton-producing area in Zimbabwe. The town is the location of ''Sanyati Baptist Mission''. The mission owns and administers: (a) Sanyati Baptist Hospital (b) Sanyati Baptist Primary School and (c) Sanyati Baptist High School. In the central business district, the main activities include welding, carpentry and masonr ...
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Mashonaland East Province
Mashonaland East, informally Mash East, is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 32,230 km2 and a population of approximately 1.73 million (2022). Marondera is the capital of the province. Demographics The province has a history of African migrants from neigboouring countries such as Mozambique and Malawi. Notable ethnic groups in the province are the Shonas, Ndebele, Nyanja, Tumbuka and other groups. Several languages are spoken in different districts such as Shona, Nyanja, Ndebele, Chitumbuka, and Chibarwe, among others. Geography Districts The Mashonaland East is divided into nine districts: * Chikomba * Goromonzi * Marondera * Mudzi * Murehwa (Mrehwa) * Mutoko * Seke * Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe (UMP) * Wedza (Hwedza) Education See also * Provinces of Zimbabwe * Districts of Zimbabwe The Republic of Zimbabwe is broken down into 10 administrative provinces of Zimbabwe, provinces, which are divided into 64 districts and 1,970  ...
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Redcliff, Zimbabwe
Redcliff is a town situated in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe, with a population of 41,526 (as of 2022). It lies about north-east of Bulawayo. The town sits in an extremely iron-rich area, and has relied on steel production as a source of revenue since it was founded in the early part of the 20th century. The Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO, formerly RISCO, founded in 1942), which is based in Redcliff, was the town's largest employer until it closed down in 2008. History Education The only school in Redcliff in the 1980s was Redcliff Primary School, which offered education to children aged around 5 to 13. The school had three classes per grade classified by colours: red, blue and green. Around 1987, as the population of Redcliff increased. An additional class was added in most streams. School sports played at the school included hockey, swimming, rugby, cricket, rounders, netball and soccer. Currently, schools in the town include, Redcliff Primary School, George ...
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Sebakwe Recreational Park
Globe and Phoenix Mine (G&P Mine) is a gold mine in Zimbabwe. It is just outside Kwekwe CBD. G&P Mine was pegged on the site of ancient gold workings in 1894 by prospectors Edward Thornton Pearson and Joseph Schukala. The two men were shown this ancient mining place by a Shona native whose confidence they bought with two blankets.Guide_National Mining MuseuThe Paper House (including the National Mining Museum)Zimbabwe Field Guide Retrieved 17 March 2016Mukoma Ngwena Chakamwe. 13 March 201Intriguing gold revelations from KwekweThe Patriot. Retrieved 17 March 2016 The head works of the mine still dominate Kwekwe City which was founded from the mine's compound township which was known as Sebakwe before merging with the then Fort Kwekwe and assuming the name Kwekwe, then spelt Que Que. G&P Mine, although it once produced the world's richest gold ore, has its palmy days over now. Other mineral found at the mine are Kermesite, Magnetite, Quartz and Stibnite. It is located a few hun ...
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Sebakwe Dam
Sebakwe Dam is a dam in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. It was built in 1957 and owned by the Zimbabwe government. It is across Sebakwe River in the Sanyati Catchment Area. It has a full capacity of 266  megalitres which makes it one of the largest inland dams of Zimbabwe. It is 8 kilometres long and its maximum width is 2.5 kilometres; The surface area is 2320 hectares; Its wall is 47 m high and 3 km long. Background It was built as a small dam in 1957 and was raised 1986. In 1957 Sebakwe Dam was the second largest dam in Southern Rhodesia. Its height then was 154 feet high (47 meters). covering an area of 9 square miles (2320 ha) with a capacity of 35 billion imperial gallons. Operations It supplies water to Kwekwe and Redcliff, and for irrigation. See also * Sebakwe River * Globe and Phoenix Mine * Gaika Mine * Kwekwe Kwekwe ( ), formerly known as Que Que, is a city in the Midlands province in central Zimbabwe. The city has ...
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Gweru-Thornhill Air Base
Gweru-Thornhill Air Base is one of the two main air bases of the Air Force of Zimbabwe located near the central city of Gweru. The airbase is home to air force fighter squadrons and the Pilot Training School. According to ''Janes Defence Weekly'' of 6 September 2006, a US$41.5m simulation center was being established. A range of amenities and services, which include workshops, transport fleets, equipment depots, and accommodation, sporting and entertainment facilities, support the base. It is home to these squadrons: * No. 2 Squadron (Cobra) - for advanced jet training and close air support. Operates 12 K-8s. * No. 4 Squadron (Hornet) - equipped with Cessna FTB337G and O-2A * No. 5 Squadron (Arrow) - interceptor/fighter role with Chengdu F-7 II/IIN and Chengdu FT-7BZ Trainer. * No. 6 Squadron (Tiger) - with SF-260M, SF-260TP and SF-260W RAF Thornhill In 1939 a committee was set up to locate and survey three sites near Gweru (at that time known as Gwelo) that were sui ...
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Frederick Selous
Frederick Courteney Selous, Distinguished Service Order, DSO (; 31 December 1851 – 4 January 1917) was a British people, British explorer, army British Army, officer, professional hunter, and conservation movement, conservationist, famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa. His real-life adventures inspired Sir Henry Rider Haggard to create the fictional character Allan Quatermain. Selous was a friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes and Frederick Russell Burnham. He was pre-eminent within a group of big game hunters that included Abel Chapman and Arthur Henry Neumann. He was the older brother of the ornithology, ornithologist and writer Edmund Selous. Early life and exploration Frederick Courteney Selous was born on 31 December 1851 at Regent's Park, London, as one of the five children of an upper middle class family, the third-generation descendant of a Huguenot immigrant. His father, Frederick Lokes Slous (original spelling) (1802–1892), was Chairman of the London S ...
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Kwekwe
Kwekwe ( ), formerly known as Que Que, is a city in the Midlands province in central Zimbabwe. The city has a population of 119,863 within the city limits, as of the 2022 census, making it the 7th-largest city in Zimbabwe and the second-most populous city in the Midlands, behind Gweru. Location It is located in Kwekwe District, in the Midlands, in the centre of the country, roughly equidistant from Harare to the northeast and Bulawayo to the southwest. It has witnessed robust population growth since the 1980s, growing from 47,607 in 1982, 75,425 in 1992 and the preliminary result of the 2002 census suggests a population of 88,000. In 2012, the city's population was estimated at 100,900 people. It is a centre for steel and fertiliser production in the country. Kwekwe and neighbouring Redcliff are the headquarters of Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company ( ZISCO), the country's largest steelworks. It also hosts the Zimbabwe Iron and Smelting Company (ZIMASCO), the largest ...
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Que Que
Kwekwe ( ), formerly known as Que Que, is a city in the Midlands province in central Zimbabwe. The city has a population of 119,863 within the city limits, as of the 2022 census, making it the 7th-largest city in Zimbabwe and the second-most populous city in the Midlands, behind Gweru. Location It is located in Kwekwe District, in the Midlands, in the centre of the country, roughly equidistant from Harare to the northeast and Bulawayo to the southwest. It has witnessed robust population growth since the 1980s, growing from 47,607 in 1982, 75,425 in 1992 and the preliminary result of the 2002 census suggests a population of 88,000. In 2012, the city's population was estimated at 100,900 people. It is a centre for steel and fertiliser production in the country. Kwekwe and neighbouring Redcliff are the headquarters of Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company ( ZISCO), the country's largest steelworks. It also hosts the Zimbabwe Iron and Smelting Company (ZIMASCO), the largest ferr ...
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Drainage Basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern. Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. In North America, they are commonly called a watershed, though in other English-speaking places, " watershed" is used only in its original sense, that of the drainage divide line. A drainage basin's boundaries are determined by watershed delineation, a common task in environmental engineering and science. In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, rather than flowing to the ocean, water converges toward the ...
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Little Sebakwe River
Sebakwe River or Zibagwe River is a river in Zimbabwe. Sebakwe River is located in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. It has a length straight line from source to mouth, and is a tributary of Munyati River which it joins in Zhombe East at . Sebakwe River descends from the south-western heel of Mtoro Hill, elevation , north-east of Chivhu. It then flows south-westerly, east of Chivhu and west of The Range. Background The name Sebakwe is a distortion of the name ''Zibagwe'' meaning a very large maize plant or cob. The other version of the originality of the name say it derives from the name "''Chiwake'' meaning 'that which is built up', referring to a barrier built during the Rebellion". Presently the name "Zibagwe" prevails. There is a legend orally transmitted that tells how the name Zibagwe came about. It says ''Zibagwe'' which is a ChiShona name for " a very large maize plant or cob" was given when local people visited to scavenge the camp that the European explorers ha ...
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