Kadoma, Zimbabwe
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| Kadoma, Zimbabwe | |
  Kadoma, Zimbabwe
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| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Province | Mashonaland West |
| District | Kadoma |
| Fonded | 1890s |
| Elevation | 1,162 m (3,812 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| - Total | 81,000 |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+1) |
- This article is about the city. For the district, see Kadoma District.
Kadoma is a city in Zimbabwe in the Mashonaland West province, 140km south-west of Harare on the main road to Bulawayo. It was known as Gatooma until 1982.
Gatooma was founded in the 1890s as a mining camp, and constituted under a village management board in 1907. In 1917 the Gatooma municipality was created. Although previously reported here as being named after the nearby kraal of Chief Katuma, there is more likely a connection to the mining town in Australia located west of Sydney in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales called Katoomba, that was established in 1877. Ka-toom-ba is Aboriginal for "shining falling water", and takes its name from a waterfall that drops into the Jamison Valley below the Harry's Amphitheatre escarpment in that Australian region. Kadoma's (Gatooma's) original mining engineers, who developed the mines there, came from Australia in connection with the Rio Tinto Group. The name "Gatooma" was most likely a phonetic spelling of "Katoomba" as spoken by Australian settlers.[dubious ]
The Specks Hotel was opened in 1907, and Jameson High School started the same year when Mrs Amelia Fitt, wife of the first mayor of Kadoma started to give classes to the town children in her house. A public electricity supply was introduced in Kadoma in 1922. The Grand Hotel opened in 1925 and had a sprung floor for dancing, the first such floor in Zimbabwe.
The city is at the centre of a mining area, which provides gold, copper, nickel.The most significant mine of the region is the Cam and Motor Mine, which is in Eiffel Flats 7km outside Kadoma. Under the present regime, Cam and Motor is owned by Rio Tinto Zimbabwe. Cam and Motor is the largest gold producer in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe's history.
Cotton is raised in the area and there was some development of related industries before 1990. The David Whithead textile manufacturing company was opened in 1952.
Kadoma is at an elevation of 1,162 m (3,812 ft). Its population is 81,000 (2007 est.)[1]
[edit] Industry
The city is at the centre of a mining area, which provides gold, copper, nickel.The most significant mine of the region is the Cam and Motor Mine, which is in Eiffel Flats 7km outside Kadoma. Under the present regime, Cam and Motor is owned by Rio Tinto Zimbabwe. Cam and Motor is the largest gold producer in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe's history.
[edit] Mine Pegging
The processesa and procedures involved in mine registration are quite simple. They begin with prospecting, registration, production and marketing.
One of the progressive local companies offering mine consultancy services in Kadoma is MJP Prospectors Pvt Ltd, owned by the Mazhanga family. The company also have an Environmental Consultancy wing headed by John T Machinya. MJP Pvt Ltd has gained a reputation through excellence in service.
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