Hwange District is an

administrative district Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...

in northwestern

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

, in southern Africa.

Location

The district is located in

Matabeleland North Province Matabeleland North is a province in western Zimbabwe. With a population of 749,017 as of the 2012 census, it is the country's second-least populous province, after Matabeleland South, and is the country's least densely populated province. Matabe ...

, in northwest Zimbabwe, bordering

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and the

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. Its main town,

Hwange Hwange (formerly Wankie) is a town in Zimbabwe, located in Hwange District, in Matabeleland North Province, in northwestern Zimbabwe, close to the international borders with Botswana and Zambia. It lies approximately , by road, southeast of Vi ...

, is located about , by road, southeast of

Victoria Falls Victoria Falls ( Lozi: ''Mosi-oa-Tunya'', "The Smoke That Thunders"; Tonga: ''Shungu Namutitima'', "Boiling Water") is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in southern Africa, which provides habitat for several unique species of plants and anim ...

, the nearest large city.

Overview

Hwange District is primarily a mining district. Large

coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when dea ...

deposits are found in the district and several large coal mines are located there, including

Hwange Colliery Hwange Colliery Company Limited is the name of a company in Zimbabwe and of its associated coal mining , processing and marketing. It was founded in 1899. Mining operations are located near Hwange (called until 1982 Wankie) in the province of ...

, the largest coal mine in Zimbabwe. The district headquarters is located in

, a city which lies of the

Bulawayo Bulawayo (, ; Ndebele: ''Bulawayo'') is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council cl ...

Road, ( A8 Highway), with an estimated population of 33,210 as of 2004.

Population

The current population of Hwange District is 62,670.

References

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Location

Overview

Population

See also

References