INFORMATIONS MAPS
| 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 Hwange Wankie 1960,
Map Hwange Wankie 1961,
Map Hwange Wankie 1962,
Map Hwange Wankie 1963,
Map Hwange Wankie 1964,
Map Hwange Wankie 1965,
Map Hwange Wankie 1966,
Map Hwange Wankie 1967,
Map Hwange Wankie 1968,
Map Hwange Wankie 1969,
Map Hwange Wankie 1970,
Map Hwange Wankie 1971,
Map Hwange Wankie 1972,
Map Hwange Wankie 1973,
Map Hwange Wankie 1974,
Map Hwange Wankie 1975,
Map Hwange Wankie 1976,
Map Hwange Wankie 1977,
Map Hwange Wankie 1978,
Map Hwange Wankie 1979,
Map Hwange Wankie 1980,
Map Hwange Wankie 1981,
Map Hwange Wankie 1982,
Map Hwange Wankie 1983,
Map Hwange Wankie 1984,
Map Hwange Wankie 1985,
Map Hwange Wankie 1986,
Map Hwange Wankie 1987,
Map Hwange Wankie 1988,
Map Hwange Wankie 1989,
Map Hwange Wankie 1990,
Map Hwange Wankie 1991,
Map Hwange Wankie 1992,
Map Hwange Wankie 1993,
Map Hwange Wankie 1994,
Map Hwange Wankie 1995,
Map Hwange Wankie 1996,
Map Hwange Wankie 1997,
Map Hwange Wankie 1998,
Map Hwange Wankie 1999,
Map Hwange Wankie 2000,
Map Hwange Wankie 2001,
Map Hwange Wankie 2002,
Map Hwange Wankie 2003,
Map Hwange Wankie 2004,
Map Hwange Wankie 2005,
Map Hwange Wankie 2006,
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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.
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