Chivhu

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Chivhu Enkeldoorn
Chivhu
Coordinates: 19°00′S 30°09′E / 19.000°S 30.150°E / -19.000; 30.150
Country	Zimbabwe
Province	Midlands
Time zone	CAT (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+1)

Chivhu (called Enkeldoorn until 1982) is a small town in Zimbabwe, with an estimated population of 10,000 in 2007. It is located 146 km (91 mi) south of Harare on the main road south to Masvingo and South Africa.

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 predominately English-speaking white Rhodesia, giving it the nickname of 'the Republic of Enkeldoorn'.^[1]

Economy

Chivhu has an agricultural economy, based in poultry farming and dairy cattle. Beef, pork, maize and millet are also important produce. As more and more white farmers are expelled from Zimbabwe by the Mugabe government, this once lively agricultural economy becomes more and more endangered.

Famous people

Chivhu/Enkeldoorn is famous for producing cricketers Dirk Viljoen and Gavin Ewing. It is also the ancestral hometown of Andy Blignaut. The first lady of Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe was born in Chivhu in 1965.

Coordinates: 19°00′S 30°09′E / 19.000°S 30.150°E / -19.000; 30.150

v t e Subdivisions of Zimbabwe

Provinces	Bulawayo Harare Province Manicaland Mashonaland Central Mashonaland East Mashonaland West Masvingo Matabeleland North Matabeleland South Midlands

Districts	Beitbridge Bikita Bindura Binga Bubi Buhera Bulawayo Bulilimamangwe Chegutu Chikomba Chimanimani Chipinge Chiredzi Chirumhanzu Chivi Gokwe North Gokwe South Goromonzi Guruve Gutu Gwanda Gweru Harare Hurungwe Hwange Hwedza Insiza Kadoma Kariba Kwekwe Lupane Makonde Makoni Marondera Masvingo Matobo Mazowe Mberengwa Mount Darwin Mudzi Mukumbura Murehwa Mutare Mutasa Mutoko Muzarabani Mwenezi Nkayi Nyanga Rushinga Seke Shamva Shurugwi Tsholotsho Umguza Umzingwane Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe Wedza Zaka Zvimba Zvishavane

Wards	Wards of Zimbabwe

Largest cities	Harare Bulawayo Chitungwiza Mutare Gweru Kwekwe Kadoma Masvingo Chinhoyi Marondera

References

↑ The Reluctant President: The Memoirs of the Hon. Clifford DuPont, GCLM., ID., Books of Rhodesia, 1978, pages 73-75

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