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Mutare (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 18 58 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -18.9667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 032 40 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 32.6667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was battleground between Rhodesian troops & nationalist guerrillas; has three public parks, a museum, & The Turner Memorial Library; industry includes automobile assembly, manufacture of textiles, leather goods, oil refinement & acacia extraction. |
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| Mutare (preferred,C,V)
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............ | since 1982 |
| Umtali (H,V)
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| Ft. Umtali (H,V)
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Mutare (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 1890 |
| town (C) |
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created 1898; declared 1914 |
| provincial capital (C) |
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| municipality (C) |
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declared 1914 |
| port (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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