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10 unusual facts about Mutare


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In 1964 all ten locomotive were sold to the Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique, who used them on the Beira railway from the port city of Beira to the Rhodesian (now Zimbabwean) border at Umtali (now Mutare).

Chitakatira High School

Chitakatira High School is a co-educational school from form One to Sixth form located on the outskirts of Mutare, Zimbabwe about 23 kilometers from the City of Mutare.

Chiwoniso Maraire

When she moved back to Zimbabwe she attended Mutare Girls' High School and took evening classes at the University of Zimbabwe, where her father was teaching.

Crocodile Armoured Personnel Carrier

They were employed by the ZNA forces in Mozambique guarding the Mutare-Beira oil pipeline in 1982–1993, and served with Zimbabwe troops in the United Nations’ 1993–94 Somalia relief effort.

Crocoite

Other localities which have yielded good crystallized specimens are Congonhas do Campo near Ouro Preto in Brazil, Luzon in the Philippines, Mutare in Mashonaland, near Menzies in Western Australia, plus Brazil, Germany and South Africa.

MAP45 Armoured Personnel Carrier

After the war, they went to serve with the ZNA forces in Mozambique guarding the Mutare-Beira oil pipeline in 1982-1993.

MAP75 Armoured Personnel Carrier

'Seven Fives' were also employed by the ZNA forces in Mozambique guarding the Mutare-Beira oil pipeline in 1982-1993 from MNR (later Renamo) guerrilla attacks.

Operation Eland

On 5 August 1976, a group of 60 ZANLA guerrillas entered Rhodesia from Mozambique and attacked a military base at Ruda, near Umtali.

Sakubva High School

Sakubva High School is a day school located within Sakubva high density township in Mutare, Zimbabwe.

Sudan Railways 250 class

They were then used on the Beira railway from the port city of Beira to the Rhodesian (now Zimbabwean) border at Umtali (now Mutare).


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Daniel Wandabula

Bishop Wandabula was elected 27 May 2006 during a meeting of the Africa Central Conference of the U.M. Church, held on the campus of the Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe.

Honde Valley

Approaching from Mutare, the turn-off is about 50 km along the road towards Nyanga.