Chivhu

Chivhu, originally Enkeldoorn, is a small agricultural town in Zimbabwe, 146 kilometres south of Harare on the main road to Masvingo and South Africa. Afrikaans-speaking Boer farmers founded it around 1850, and the article describes it as the first white settlement in Zimbabwe, nicknamed the Republic of Enkeldoorn. The old name, Dutch and Afrikaans for lone thorn, was replaced in 1982 by the Shona name Chivhu, meaning anthill, on the second anniversary of independence. The local economy rests on poultry and dairy cattle, with beef, pork, maize and millet also produced. The 2012 census counted 12,958 people.