Kwekwe

Kwekwe is a city in the Midlands Province of central Zimbabwe, set on the highveld at about 1,220 metres above sea level and roughly halfway between Harare and Bulawayo. It was founded in 1898 as a gold mining town under the name Que Que, which the English article traces to the croaking frogs of the local river, and it grew into an industrial centre for steel and ferrochrome, sharing the headquarters of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company with neighbouring Redcliff. The 2022 census counted 119,863 residents, which makes it the seventh largest city in the country and the second largest in the Midlands after Gweru. The city also hosts the National Mining Museum and a growing campus of Midlands State University.