Vubachikwe

Location of Vubachikwe Mine

Coordinates: 20°52′55″S 28°55′25″E / 20.88194°S 28.92361°E / -20.88194; 28.92361

Vubachikwe is a village and mine in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. It is located about 8 km north-west of Gwanda. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 2,077. The village grew up as the residential and commercial centre for the employees of the Vubachikwe gold mine.

Gwanda District
Capital: Gwanda
Wards	Alisupi Buvuma Sengezane Mtshabezi Mission Gwaranyemba Gungwe Hwali Kafusi Lushongwe Manama Matshetshe Mtshazo Mzimuni Nkwidze Ntalale Shake Silonga Simbumbumbu Sizeze Tshongwe Vela Gobatema Nyambi Mawaza Madihongola Mkomana
Rivers	Bubye River Insiza River Mtshabezi River Mzingwane River Thuli River Umchabezi River
Dams/reservoirs	Buvuma Dam Doddieburn Dam Glassblock Dam Oakley Block Dam Ripple Creek Dam Sukwi Dam Thuli-Makwe Dam Thuli-Manyange Dam Thuli-Moswa Dam
Landforms	Mount Casulet Nshanga Mountain
Settlements	Blanket Mine Colleen Bawn Fumukwe Gwanda Hwali Manama Vubachikwe West Nicholson Tuli Towla
Transport	A6 road Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway
Protected areas	Thuli Parks and Wildlife Land
Education	Gwanda State University Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic Gwanda High School JZ Moyo High School
Culture and sport	Njube Sundowns F.C. Phelandaba Stadium Ramblers F.C.
Constituencies	Gwanda North Gwanda Central Gwanda South Gwanda senatorial constituency

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