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Somabhula

Eastern Africa

Somabhula is a village and ward in Midlands province, Zimbabwe. It is also the rail junction for Zimbabwe's southern links to Mozambique and South Africa, and an important area for cattle ranching and mixed farming. It was the largest of the land reform projects undertaken by Robert Mugabe and the ZANU-PF government; before the expropriation and allocation of land, the farmland of Somabhula had been an area of concentrated land ownership and speculation by white farmers. It is believed to have been named after an influential Matebele chief.

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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 -19.7000, 29.6667
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results, elevation
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"elevation": 1404.0
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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 -19.75, 29.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -19.75, 29.75
-19.75 29.75 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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Somabhula (Wikipedia)
  • Part Of: Zimbabwe, Lead
    Somabhula is a village and ward (commune) in Midlands province in Zimbabwe.
  • On Continent: Africa, Lead, country in Africa
    Somabhula is a village and ward (commune) in Midlands province in Zimbabwe.
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