Chipinge District

Province

Inge chip, or chip Inga and Chapina, named after a chief resident, is a town of about 6,000 inhabitants ( 1982) in a valley of the Eastern Highlands in the Manicaland province in Zimbabwe near the border with Mozambique. One of the most spectacular modern buildings of Zimbabwe, the Birchenough Bridge, spans 62 km away from Chipinge over the river Sabi.

In Chipinge mainly Ndebele live. The city can be reached from Mutare from across the street. The climate is hot and humid ( 1105 mm average annual rainfall), which favors agriculture. The farmers grow tea, coffee, Macademianüsse. There is a school, a hospital and a 1,000 -meter-long airstrip.

Chipinga is a city with problematic livelihoods. Ever since the fence around the hole on the river Dakote stolen by thieves, animals reach the water. Infection with cholera and deaths are the result without the administration would have taken any action. Food is very limited. People eating mainly ' sadza ', a porridge without flavor and of little nutritional value. Who has money to afford meat of goat, beef or chicken. The trees in the area are largely cleared. Firewood must be brought to the once planted pine forests surrounding the Chimanimani mountains and there is also now scarce.

Until 1976 Chipinga had a dairy. The dairy farm has almost vanished, since the cultivation of coffee expanded because of a breeding station located here.

In Chipinge the Buzi river rises.

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