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Gweru (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 19 27 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -19.4500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 029 49 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 29.8167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Original Matabele name (iKwelo) meant "steep place"; today products include ferrochromium, textiles, dairy foods, footware & building materials; is also mining center for gold, chrome, iron, asbestos & limestone mines. |
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| Gweru (preferred,C,V)
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| Gwelo (H,V)
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| iKwelo (H,V)
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............ | as Mabale settlement, 19th cen. |
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Gweru (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 1894; settled earlier |
| town (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| municipality (C) |
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established 1914 |
| trade center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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