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Kildonan

Eastern Africa

Kildonan is a village in Mashonaland West province, Zimbabwe. It was known for its copper mine, but around the year 2000, as copper mining declined, mines across Zimbabwe were shut down. Along with Mhangura, Sutton, Vanad and Shackleton, the mining towns of this group became ghost towns, changing from thriving communities into impoverished small villages. The article connects the start of production at the mine to the year 1971, so the village's history is the short arc of a copper town that grew with its mine and shrank after the mine closed.

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Elevation Band
Highland 1
Coastal
No 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
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1. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at -17.3453, 30.6103
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results, elevation
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"elevation": 1298.0
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2. Zimbabwe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead, landlocked country
    is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Lead
    is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa
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3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -17.25, 30.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -17.25, 30.75
-17.25 30.75 Cwa
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4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseAfrica/Maputo zone, country list
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# Zimbabwe
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Kildonan, Zimbabwe (Wikipedia)
  • Part Of: Zimbabwe, Lead
    Kildonan, Zimbabwe is a village in Mashonaland West Province in Zimbabwe.
  • On Continent: Africa, Lead, country in Africa
    Kildonan, Zimbabwe is a village in Mashonaland West Province in Zimbabwe.
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