Chivhu

Chivhu Enkeldoorn
Chivhu
Coordinates: 19°00′S 30°09′E / 19°S 30.15°E / -19; 30.15
Country	Zimbabwe
Province	Mashonaland East
Time zone	CAT (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+1)

Chivhu (formerly Enkeldoorn) is a small town in Zimbabwe, with an estimated population of 10,000 in 2007. It is located 146 km (91 mi) south of Harare on the main road south to Masvingo and South Africa.

History

Enkeldoorn was founded by Afrikaans-speaking Boer farmers and settlers in around 1850. It was the first white settlement in Zimbabwe and it became an Afrikaner stronghold in a predominately English-speaking white Rhodesia.

Economy

Chivhu has an agricultural economy, based in poultry farming and dairy cattle. Beef, pork, maize and millet are also important produce. As more and more white farmers are expelled from Zimbabwe by the Mugabe government, this once lively agricultural economy becomes more and more endangered.

Famous people

Chivhu/Enkeldoorn is famous for producing cricketers Dirk Viljoen and Gavin Ewing. It is also the ancestral hometown of Andy Blignaut. The first lady of Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe was born in Chivhu in 1965.

Coordinates: 19°00′S 30°09′E / 19°S 30.15°E / -19; 30.15

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