Bindura

- 17.30555555555631.327777777778Koordinaten: 17 ° 18 ' S, 31 ° 20' O

Bindura is the capital of the province of Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe, 88 km north-east of Harare. It is located on 1,000 m altitude at the Great Dyke, as well as road and railway line Harare Shamva. It is a mining town with 39,000 inhabitants ( 2006), in the company of, how to enhance and smelted copper, nickel and cobalt by Bindura Nickel Corporation Limited. Appropriate processing industry is located here. AngloGold Ashanti supports in the mine Freda - Rebecca near Bindura 51,091 ounces of gold a year ( in 2003, then U.S. dollar 268/Unze world market price, in 2006 more than 450 ). The reserves of this mine is estimated to 300,000 ounces.

The infrastructure in Bindura is intact, the supply of water, electricity and telephone reliable. Bindura has a complete school system and the University of Science and Technology.

Bindura is MDC country. After the 2005 elections was sprayed on the walls: " Zanu PF chet muBindura ", which can be understood twofold, namely as: " Zanu PF Bindura cheated " or as "Welcome to the ZANU PF heartland ".

  • Location in Zimbabwe
  • Mashonaland Central Province
  • Place in Africa

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