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Hwange Wankie in Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE zimbabwe. hwange-wankie Informations and links Hwange Wankie Map Hwange Wankie Photos Hwange Wankie ------------------------------- These sub-tropical thorn and sand flats on the edge of the Kalahari Desert were once home to the nomadic San (bushmen) and migrating game, but was an area commonly regarded as unfit for human habitation. Until the end of the eighteenth century when a German prospector named Alfred Giese, heard rumours of "‘the stones that burned". He came and staked his claim on one of the largest coal deposits in the world. Present-day Hwange is driven by its power station, its steam locomotives and its coal. For the tourist, it provides a gateway to the country’s most famous game reserve, once mispronounced as Wankie. 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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