Gweru is the capital of Zimbabwe's Midlands Province, founded in 1894 as a military outpost by Leander Starr Jameson and incorporated as a city in 1971. Known as the City of Progress, it had an urban population of 161,292 at the 2022 census and serves as a hub for beef cattle ranching and crop farming between Harare and Bulawayo on the country's main road and rail line. It is home to Midlands State University and the Gweru-Thornhill Air Base, Zimbabwe's air force training centre.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude19.453333 degrees south 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Gweru (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1894-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 141,260 (2002)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -19.453333, longitude 29.815278
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1424 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 141260 (2002)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Gweru - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 890422
-19.45 29.81667 P PPLA ZW 02 158200 1412 Africa/Harare
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1412 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -19.25, 29.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -19.25, 29.75
-19.25 29.75 Cwa
Gweru (Wikipedia)
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