Burma Valley is a low-lying area on the border between

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and

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, located southeast of the

Bvumba Mountains The Bvumba Mountains or Vumba Mountains straddle the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border, and are situated some 10 km south east of Mutare. The Bvumba rise to Castle Beacon at 1,911 metres, and are, together with the Chimanimani Mountains to the south ...

. Passing on the main tarred road from Mutare the road leads through the mountains, reaching communal farm lands of Chigodora and then passes down into Burma Valley. The

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ove ...

is rainy and fertile and was used by European colonists for use as

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and fruit growing land. There are still a number of large commercial farms in the valley. During the independence war, a tarred road was built from Mutare into the valley for the easy movement of Rhodesian forces, who were helping to protect the farmers of the area. More recently, some of the commercial farm land in the area has been re-allocated as part of the government's land reform programme.

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{{Coord missing, Zimbabwe Eastern Highlands Geography of Manicaland Province Landforms of Zimbabwe Mutare District Valleys of Africa