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of the

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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 ...

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 ...

19th century

* 1830s - Ndebele

Mzilikazi Mzilikazi Moselekatse, Khumalo ( 1790 – 9 September 1868) was a Southern African king who founded the Mthwakazi Kingdom now known as Matebeleland, in Zimbabwe. His name means "the great river of blood". He was born the son of Mashobane kaMange ...

Khumalo locates seat of

Mthwakazi Mthwakazi is the traditional name of the proto-Ndebele people and Ndebele kingdom and is in the area of today's Zimbabwe. Mthwakazi is widely used to refer to inhabitants of Matebeleland Province in Zimbabwe. Etymology The word ''Matabele'' i ...

nation in Bulawayo, in

Matabeleland Matabeleland is a region located in southwestern Zimbabwe that is divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo, and Matabeleland South. These provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi r ...

(approximate date). * 1893 - Ndebele capital "GuBulawayo" besieged, demolished by

British South Africa Company The British South Africa Company (BSAC or BSACo) was chartered in 1889 following the amalgamation of Cecil Rhodes' Central Search Association and the London-based Exploring Company Ltd, which had originally competed to capitalize on the expecte ...

forces during the

First Matabele War The First Matabele War was fought between 1893 and 1894 in modern-day Zimbabwe. It pitted the British South Africa Company against the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom. Lobengula, king of the Ndebele, had tried to avoid outright war with the company ...

. * 1894 ** Bulawayo town established near former settlement by

. ** Telegraph begins operating. ** ''

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'' newspaper begins publication. * 1896/97 - Siege of Bulawayo during the

Second Matabele War The Second Matabele War, also known as the Matabeleland Rebellion or part of what is now known in Zimbabwe as the First ''Chimurenga'', was fought between 1896 and 1897 in the region later known as Southern Rhodesia, now modern-day Zimbabwe. ...

* 1897 ** Bulawayo becomes a municipality. ** State House, Bulawayo completed as "Government House". ** I.G. Hirschler becomes mayor. ** Railway to South Africa begins operating. * 1899 - Railway to

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and Mozambique begins operating. * 1900 -

Beira–Bulawayo railway Beira-Bulawayo railway, also called Machipanda railway, Beira-Harare-Bulawayo railway and Beira railway, is a railway that connects the city of Beira, Mozambique, to the city of Bulawayo, in Zimbabwe. It is 850 km long, in a 1067 mm gauge.

opened.

20th century

* 1902 -

Cecil Rhodes Cecil John Rhodes (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. An ardent believer in British imperialism, Rhodes and his Br ...

was buried at the Matoppo Hills at Malindidzimu * 1904 ** Statue of Cecil Rhodes erected

** "White" population: 3,840. * 1905 - Railway to Victoria Falls and Zambia begins operating. * 1919 - James Cowden becomes mayor. * 1926 - Rhodes Matopos National Park established near Bulawayo. * 1927 -

Bulawayo Technical School The Bulawayo Technical School was established in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe in January 1927 and was the first technical school in what was then Southern Rhodesia. The school had been planned to educate boys with technical ability who could contribute pr ...

established. * 1931 - Catholic Mission of Bulawayo established. * 1934 - Bulawayo Club building constructed. * 1943 - Bulawayo attains city status. * 1950 - Rainbow Hotel built. * 1957 - Bulawayo Thermal Power Station (coal-fired thermal power plant) opens. * 1960 - Trade fair begin

* 1964 -

Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe The Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe is located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Leopold Takawira Avenue. Officially opened in 1964, the museum contains exhibits illustrating the history, mineral wealth and wildlife of Zimbabwe, including the secon ...

opens. * 1970 -

National Gallery of Zimbabwe The National Gallery of Zimbabwe (NGZ) is a gallery in Harare, Zimbabwe, dedicated to the presentation and conservation of Zimbabwe's contemporary art and visual heritage. The original National Gallery of Rhodesia was designed and directed by ...

branch opens. * 1972 -

Bulawayo Railway Museum Bulawayo Railway Museum (established 1972) is a railway museum located at Bulawayo railway station in Zimbabwe that houses several exhibitions on the history of the railway system in Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia. Its oldest exhibits date back to 18 ...

opens. * 1973 - Population: 307,000 (estimate). * 1981 - February:

1981 Entumbane uprising The 1981 Entumbane uprising, also known as the Battle of Bulawayo or Entumbane II, occurred between 8 and 12 February 1981 in and around Bulawayo, Zimbabwe amid political tensions in the newly independent state. Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary ...

. * 1983 - Population: 429,000 (estimate). * 1985 -

National Railways of Zimbabwe The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), formerly Rhodesia Railways, is a state-owned company in Zimbabwe that operates the country's national railway system. It is headquartered in the city of Bulawayo. In addition to the headquarters, it has ...

headquarters

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constructed. * 1991 - National University of Science and Technology established. * 1992 - Population: 621,742. * 1999 -

Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway The Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway (BBR) is a privately owned railway company that provides a rail link in Zimbabwe between Beitbridge at the South African border and Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo. The BBR is a build-operate-transfer project th ...

(

Beitbridge Beitbridge is a border town in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. The name also refers to the border post and bridge spanning the Limpopo River, which forms the political border between South Africa and Zimbabwe. The border on the S ...

-Bulawayo) begins operating. * 2000 - June: Political activist Patrick Nabanyama of the

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kidnapped.

21st century

* 2001 ** August: Municipal election postponed by

Mugabe Robert Gabriel Mugabe (; ; 21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the Z ...

administration. ** November: Political unrest. ** Japhet Ndabeni Ncube becomes mayor. * 2008 - Patrick Thaba-Moyo becomes mayor. * 2012 - Population: 653,337. * 2013 **

Joshua Nkomo Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (19 June 1917 – 1 July 1999) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and Matabeleland politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 1990 until his death in 1999. He founded and led the Zimbabwe African People's ...

statue erected. **

Martin Moyo Martin K. Moyo (born 30 December 1952) is the former Mayor of the City of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. He is married to Violet Bhebhe with whom they have a son named Likhwa Milton Moyo. He was voted in as the Councillor for the City of Bulawayo's Ward ...

becomes mayor. **

Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport is an airport located outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Overview Originally known as Bulawayo International Airport, it was renamed in honour of the late Joshua Nkomo, Dr Joshua Nkomo, the leader and fou ...

new terminal opens.

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Bibliography

* (Includes description of Bulawayo) * * * * * Miriam R. Grant. Difficult Debut: Social and Economic Identities of Urban Youth in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Canadian Journal of African Studies, Vol. 37, No. 2/3, 2003. * * * (Includes information about Bulawayo) *

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