Mashonaland West Province (Mashonaland West Province)
Mashonaland West is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 57,441 km² and a population of approximately 1.5 million (2012). Chinhoyi is the capital of the province.
Mashonaland West is divided into 7 districts:
* Chegutu
* Hurungwe
* Kariba
* Makonde
* Mhondoro-Ngezi
* Sanyati
* Zvimba
Mashonaland West is divided into 7 districts:
* Chegutu
* Hurungwe
* Kariba
* Makonde
* Mhondoro-Ngezi
* Sanyati
* Zvimba
Map - Mashonaland West Province (Mashonaland West Province)
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Country - Zimbabwe
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The British South Africa Company of Cecil Rhodes demarcated the Rhodesia region in 1890 when they conquered Mashonaland and later in 1893 Matabeleland after a fierce resistance by Matabele people known as the First Matabele War. Company rule ended in 1923 with the establishment of Southern Rhodesia as a self-governing British colony. In 1965, the white minority government unilaterally declared independence as Rhodesia. The state endured international isolation and a 15-year guerrilla war with black nationalist forces; this culminated in a peace agreement that established universal enfranchisement and de jure sovereignty as Zimbabwe in April 1980. Zimbabwe then joined the Commonwealth of Nations, from which it was suspended in 2002 for breaches of international law by its government under Robert Mugabe and from which it withdrew in December 2003.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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ZWL | Zimbabwean dollar | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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SN | Shona language |