Vubachikwe

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Location of Vumbachigwe Mine

20°52′55″S 28°55′25″E / 20.88194°S 28.92361°E / -20.88194; 28.92361

Vumbachigwe is a village and a goldmine in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. It is located about eight kilometres (5.0 mi) north-west of Gwanda. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 2,077. The village grew as the residential and commercial centre for the employees of the Vumbachigwe gold mine.

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Gwanda District

Capital: Gwanda

Settlements

• Blanket Mine
• Buvuma
• Colleen Bawn
• Fumukwe
• Gungwe
• Gwanda
• Gwaranyemba
• Hwali
• Kafusi
• Lushongwe
• Manama
• Matshetshe
• Mtshabezi Mission
• Mtshazo
• Mzimuni
• Nkwidze
• Ntalale
• Vubachikwe
• West Nicholson
• Sengezane
• Shake
• Silonga
• Simbumbumbu
• Sizeze
• Tuli
• Towla

Rivers

• Bubye River
• Insiza River
• Mtshabezi River
• Mzingwane River
• Thuli River
• Umchabezi River

Dams/reservoirs

• Buvuma Dam
• Doddieburn Dam
• Glassblock Dam
• Oakley Block Dam
• Ripple Creek Dam
• Sukwi Dam
• Thuli-Makwe Dam
• Thuli-Manyange Dam
• Thuli-Moswa Dam

Landforms

• Mount Casulet
• Nshanga Mountain

Transport

• A6 road
• Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway

Protected areas

• Thuli Parks and Wildlife Land

Education

• Gwanda State University
• Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic
• Gwanda High School
• JZ Moyo High School

Culture and sport

• Njube Sundowns F.C.
• Phelandaba Stadium
• Ramblers F.C.

Notable people

• Dauti Mabusa
• Phineas Makhurane
• Eliah Masiyane
• Austin Moyo
• Albert Nyathi
• Lerato Ndlovu
• Zenzo Ntuliki
• Arote Vellah-Ncube

Constituencies

• Gwanda North
• Gwanda Central
• Gwanda South
• Gwanda senatorial constituency

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