Mhangura
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Mhangura
Mangula | |
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Town | |
Mhangura Mhangura located in Zimbabwe Map | |
Coordinates: 16°54′S 30°09′E / 16.900°S 30.150°ECoordinates: 16°54′S 30°09′E / 16.900°S 30.150°E | |
Country | Zimbabwe |
Province | Mashonaland West |
District | Doma |
Population (1982) | |
• Total | 11,175 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
Climate | Cwb (Subtropical highland) |
Mhangura (formerly Mangula) is a small town and former mining community in the Doma District of Mashonaland West Province, in northern Zimbabwe.
Geography[]
It is located 188 kilometres (117 mi) northwest of Harare. The name was probably derived from the Shona word mhangura meaning "red metal" in reference to copper.
People[]
According to the 1982 census, Mhangura formerly had a population of 11,175.
Zimbabwean cricketer Natsai Mushangwe comes from Mhangura.
Mining ghost town[]
The Mhangura Copper Mines Ltd, a subsidiary of Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation, operated one of the biggest copper mine in the country here.[1][2] All mining was closed in the late 1990s, due to falling prices on the world copper market.[1]
Mhangura has become an industrial/mining ghost town, with its water, power, and sanitation infrastructure failing.[1]
See also[]
- Zimbabwe Mining Index
- Copper mining in Africa
References[]
- Populated places in Mashonaland West Province
- Copper mining in Africa
- Mining communities in Africa
- Mining in Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe geography stubs