Chegutu

Chegutu, originally known as Hartley, is a town and the commercial and administrative centre of Chegutu District in Mashonaland West Province. It lies in the Hartley Hills 107 kilometres southwest of Harare, at about 1,180 metres above sea level, on the A5 highway and the railway between Harare and Bulawayo. Gold prospectors established it as a mining settlement, and agriculture grew after the Second World War around maize and cotton, with wheat irrigated from the Mupfure River. One of the country's largest textile mills was built there, and the town has a set of large grain silos. The 2022 census counted 65,800 people.