Karoi is a town in Karoi District, Mashonaland West Province, in central northern Zimbabwe. It lies on the A-1 highway between Harare and Chirundu on the Zambian border, about 85 kilometres by road northwest of the provincial headquarters at Chinhoyi and roughly 200 kilometres northwest of Harare. After the Second World War the government designated the area for farming, and tobacco is still the main cash crop around the town. The name is Shona for little witch. Karoi holds the offices of the town council and the district administration, has two hotels, and counted 37,564 residents in the 2022 census.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Zimbabwe: Cities and Urban Localities
citypopulation.deCities and urban localities table, latest census
Karoi MSW 8,748 14,763 22,383 26,009 37,564 0
Cities and urban localities table, census year
Karoi MSW 8,748 14,763 22,383 26,009 37,564 0
View the Source 2. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Zimbabwe
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Geography, CoastlineQuote, Geography, Coastline
0 km (landlocked)
3. IANA Time Zone Database: tz database zone1970.tab
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone line for ZimbabweQuote, Zone line for Zimbabwe
MZ,BI,BW,CD,MW,RW,ZM,ZW -2558+03235 Africa/Maputo Central Africa Time
Karoi (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Zimbabwe, LeadQuote, Part Of: Zimbabwe, Lead
Karoi is a town in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Africa, Lead, continent of the countryQuote, On Continent: Africa, Lead, continent of the country
is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa
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