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Bulawayo in Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE zimbabwe. bulawayo Informations and links Bulawayo Map Bulawayo Photos Bulawayo Population on 18-Aug-02 : 676787 ------------------------------- Bulawayo means the killing place, in reference, it is thought, to the site of Mzilikazi’s Hill of Chiefs, where executions of rival tribes were commonplace. Through the centuries, thousands of battles have been fought in these boulder-strewn badlands. The most recent bloodshed was in the early eighties when President Mugabe forcibly put down any post-independence Ndebele fractiousness. The Ndebele were first defeated by the British who moved into the smouldering ruins and settled down. A gold rush gave the town initial impetus, but when a second Gold Reef City did not materialise, Rhodes’ railway put Bulawayo on the map. Today it is transport hub. It is the second largest city in the country but has the laid-back air befitting an oasis town on the edge of the Kalahari. Wide tree-lined streets and suburban lawns belie the fact that Botswana is just over the border. The UK annexed Southern Rhodesia from the South Africa Company in 1923. A 1961 constitution was formulated that favored whites in power. In 1965 the government unilaterally declared its independence, but the UK did not recognize the act and demanded more .
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