Bulawayo

Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, after the capital Harare, with a population of 676,000 (UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator, Zimbabwe, 2005). It is located in Matabeleland, 320km south-west of Harare, and is the capital of Matabeleland North.

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The name "Bulawayo" comes from the Ndebele word Gubulawayo meaning 'place of slaughter'. The city is on the site of the kraal of Lobengula, king of the Ndebele, who first founded Bulawayo as a settlement in 1871, about 15km south-east of the present city centre. In 1881 the king moved the settlement further north, to an area roughly corresponding with Bulawayo's modern northern suburbs. During the 1893 Matabele War the advance of British troops led the king to burn his capital and flee north, and troops occupied the town, which was declared to be under the rule of the British South Africa Company on 4 November 1894.

Zimbabwe: The Republic of Zimbabwe is a country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the west, Zambia to the north and Mozambique to the east...

Harare: Harare (formerly Salisbury), estimated population 1,485,615 (1992), is the capital of Zimbabwe. The city is Zimbabwe's largest and its administrative, commercial, and communications centre. It is a trade centre for tobacco, maize, cotton, and citrus fruits. Manufactures include textiles, steel, and ...

Matabeleland: Matabeleland is a region in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, named after the Ndebele who took control of the area in 1834 after having been pushed out of other areas of southern Africa in the Mfecane....

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