Dorowa

Dorowa is a village in Manicaland province, Zimbabwe, three kilometres south of the Save River in the upper Save valley and about 90 kilometres west of Mutare. The village grew up around the opencast Dorowa Mine, where phosphate was discovered in 1945. The mine produces all of Zimbabwe's phosphate, with 155,000 tonnes mined there in 1996, which makes this small settlement important for the national fertiliser supply. Besides serving the mine, the village acts as a rural service centre for the Save communal land, providing local trade and services to the farming households of the surrounding area.