Turk Mine is a village in the province of
Matabeleland North,
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 ...
. It is located about 56 km north-east of
Bulawayo. The village grew up around a
gold
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mine of the same name and serves as an administrative centre for the surrounding mining and ranching area.
The Streak family, including Heath and Denis who both represented Zimbabwe in cricket, have been farming in the area for over a century. Denis Streak even created a cricket oval on his farm at Turk Mine.
Populated places in Matabeleland North Province
Mines in Zimbabwe
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