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| Land Boudaries Total :
| 3,066 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March) .
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| Area Total :
| 390,580 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 386,670 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 3,910 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly larger than Montana .
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| Coast Line :
| 0 km (landlocked) .
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| Railways Total :
| 3,077 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 18,338 km .
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| Waterways :
| on Lake Kariba, length small (2003) .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Binga, Kariba .
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Map Bulawayo 1960,
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Population on 18-Aug-02 : 676787
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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.
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