Chivhu
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Chivhu, originally known as Enkeldoorn, is a small town in Zimbabwe, with an estimated population of 10,000 in 2007. It is located Script error: No such module "convert". south of Harare on the main road south to Masvingo and South Africa.
Name
Chivhu's original name, Enkeldoorn, is a Dutch and Afrikaans word meaning "lone thorn".[1] It refers to the tree acacia robusta and implies that a single specimen once grew there. The name was adopted in 1891 but was changed to Chivhu in 1982, on the second anniversary of Zimbabwe's independence. The current name comes from the Shona language and means "anthill".[2]
History
Enkeldoorn was founded by Afrikaans-speaking Boer farmers and settlers in around 1850, and was the first white settlement in Zimbabwe. It became an Afrikaner stronghold in a predominantly English-speaking white Rhodesia, giving it the nickname of 'the Republic of Enkeldoorn'.[3]
Economy
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References
- ↑ Zimbabwe and Botswana: The Rough Guide, Barbara McCrea, Tony Pinchuck, Rough Guides, 1994, page 88
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- ↑ The Reluctant President: The Memoirs of the Hon. Clifford DuPont, GCLM., ID., Books of Rhodesia, 1978, pages 73–75
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