Mount Darwin is a town in

Mashonaland Central Mashonaland Central is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 28,347 km² and a population of 1,152,520 (2012 census), representing about 8.5% of the total Zimbabwe population. Geography Background Bindura is the capital of the ...

province in

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Location

The town lies in

Mount Darwin District Mount Darwin (alternate: Darwin) is one of seven districts in the Mashonaland Central province of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and L ...

, in

Mashonaland Central Province Mashonaland Central is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 28,347 km² and a population of 1,152,520 (2012 census), representing about 8.5% of the total Zimbabwe population. Geography Background Bindura is the capital of the ...

in north-eastern Zimbabwe. It is located approximately , by road, northeast of

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, the capital and largest city in that country.

Overview

In addition to the offices of Mount Darwin Town Council, the town is also the location of the Mount Darwin District Administration. The town has a public hospital, ''Mount Darwin District Hospital'', and a mission hospital, Karanda Mission Hospital. Karanda attends to anywhere from 10 to 20 surgeries and between 200 and 300 outpatients daily.

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, a

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, maintains a branch in the town. Mount Darwin is also served by Mount Darwin Airport.

History

Mount Darwin is the probable site of some of the earliest European missionary work in southern Africa, by the Portuguese Jesuit

Gonçalo da Silveira Gonçalo da Silveira, S.J. (23 February 1526 – 6 March 1561) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary in southern Africa. Life Silveira was born at Almeirim, Portugal, about from Lisbon. He was the tenth child of Dom Luís da Silveira, first co ...

, who arrived in 1560 and was killed in March 1561 near Mount Darwin following a souring of relations with the local chief. Mount Darwin was named by the hunter and explorer

Frederick Courtney Selous Frederick Courteney Selous, DSO (; 31 December 1851 – 4 January 1917) was a British explorer, officer, professional hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa. His real-life adventures inspired Sir Henry Rider ...

after the British naturalist

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended fr ...

Climate

Population

The current population of Mount Darwin is not publicly known. In 2004, the town's population was estimated at 6,350. The next national population census in

is scheduled from 18 August 2012 through 28 August 2012.Next Population Census In Zimbabwe Scheduled For August 2012

Notable people

The following notable people are associated with Mount Darwin: #

Christopher Kuruneri Christopher Tichaona Kuruneri (4 April 1949 – 28 May 2022) was a Zimbabwean businessman, politician, lawyer, farmer and philanthropist. He was a Minister of Finance, Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development and member of parliament f ...

– A politician; he was an MP representative. #

Joice Mujuru Joice Runaida Mujuru (née Mugari; born 15 April 1955), also known by her nom-de-guerre Teurai Ropa Nhongo, is a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 2004 to 2014. Previously she had served as a g ...

– A politician; she was born here #

James Makamba James Makamba (born 1 January 1952) is a Zimbabwean commercial broadcaster, businessman, politician, philanthropist and father of late Zimbabwean media personality Zororo Makamba. Makamba currently has interests in the retail, telecommunicatio ...

– A businessman; he maintains a home in Mount Darwin #

Savior Kasukuwere Saviour Kasukuwere (born 23 September 1970) is a Zimbabwean politician who served in the government of Zimbabwe as Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and National Housing between October and November 2017. He was also the ZANU–P ...

– A politician; he was born here.

References

External links

Location of Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe At Google MapsWebsite of Karanda Hospital
{{Authority control Populated places in Mashonaland Central Province