Name: Bulawayo (F5) Zim
Google count: 2 030 000 (All)
Date: 26/08/08
The name "Bulawayo" comes from the Ndebele word kwaBulawayo meaning 'place of the persecuted one' or 'place of slaughter'.
Historic fact:
The city is on the site of the kraal of Lobengula, king of the Ndebele, who founded the settlement in 1871, about 15km south-east of the present city centre, over the site formerly known as Gibixhegu. In 1881, the king moved the royal settlement further north, to an area roughly corresponding with Bulawayo's modern northern suburbs near modern day Northlea High School. During the 1893 Matabele War the invasion of British South Africa Company troops led the king to flee from his burning capital and head north, BSAC troops and white settlers occupied the town.
Other interesting info:
BulawayoBulawayo is Zimbabwe`s second largest city It houses the country`s main museums theatres the Mzilikmzi Art and craft centre good hotels and the Chipangali ...
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Bulawayo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, after the capital Harare, with a population of 676000 (UN Humanitarian
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