Chiredzi
{{About|the town|district|Chiredzi (District)}}
{{original research|date=June 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Chiredzi
|other_name =north
|native_name =
|settlement_type = Town
|motto =
|image_skyline =
|imagesize = 300px
|image_caption = Main Street, Chiredzi
|image_flag =
|flag_size =
|image_seal =
|seal_size =
|image_shield = Chiredzi logo.jpg
|shield_size =
|image_blank_emblem =
|blank_emblem_type =
|blank_emblem_size =
|image_map =
|mapsize =
|map_caption =
|image_map1 =
|mapsize1 =
|map_caption1 =
|image_dot_map =
|dot_mapsize =
|dot_map_caption =
|dot_x = |dot_y =
|pushpin_map = Zimbabwe
|pushpin_label_position =
|pushpin_map_caption =
|pushpin_mapsize =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Masvingo
|subdivision_type2 = District
|subdivision_name2 = Chiredzi
|subdivision_type3 =
|subdivision_name3 =
|subdivision_type4 =
|subdivision_name4 =
|government_footnotes =
|government_type =
|leader_title =
|leader_name =
|leader_title1 =
|leader_name1 =
|leader_title2 =
|leader_name2 =
|leader_title3 =
|leader_name3 =
|leader_title4 =
|leader_name4 =
|established_title = Established
|established_date = late 1950s. 1st July 1967 Rural Council established.
|established_title2 =
|established_date2 =
|established_title3 =
|established_date3 =
|area_magnitude =
|unit_pref =
|area_footnotes =
|area_total_km2 =
|area_land_km2 =
|area_water_km2 =
|area_total_sq_mi =
|area_land_sq_mi =
|area_water_sq_mi =
|area_water_percent =
|area_urban_km2 =
|area_urban_sq_mi =
|area_metro_km2 =
|area_metro_sq_mi =
|area_blank1_title =
|area_blank1_km2 =
|area_blank1_sq_mi =
|population_as_of = 2022 census
|population_footnotes =[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/zimbabwe/cities/ Citypopulation.de] Population of cities & urban localities in Zimbabwe
|population_note =
|population_total = 40100
|population_density_km2 =
|population_density_sq_mi =
|population_metro =
|population_density_metro_km2 =
|population_density_metro_sq_mi =
|population_urban =
|population_density_urban_km2 =
|population_density_urban_sq_mi =
|population_blank1_title =
|population_blank1 =
|population_density_blank1_km2 =
|population_density_blank1_sq_mi =
|timezone = CAT
|utc_offset = +2
|timezone_DST =
|utc_offset_DST =
|coordinates = {{coord|21|02|20|S|31|40|40|E|region:ZW|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_m = 438
|elevation_ft =
|postal_code_type =
|postal_code =
|area_code = 031
|blank_name = Climate
|blank_info = BSh
|blank1_name =
|blank1_info =
|website = {{URL | http://www.chiredzi.co.zw/}}
|footnotes =
}}
Chiredzi is a town in Masvingo province in south-east Zimbabwe. It is located near the Runde River, which has a tributary called the 'Chiredzi'.{{cite book |chapter=Wetlands in Zimbabwe: an overview |title=Wetlands ecology and priorities for conservation in Zimbabwe: proceedings of a seminar on wetlands ecology and priorities for conservation in Zimbabwe |editor1=Matiza, T. |editor2=Crafter, S. A. |year=1994 |publisher=IUCN |ISBN=978-2-8317-0202-5 |pages=1–20}} As the administrative center for Chiredzi District, it is where both the rural and district councils are based.
Infrastructure
- Chiredzi is served by a small international airport at Buffalo Range called "Buffalo Range Airport," or "BFO."{{cite web |title=Airport Information - Buffalo Range Airport, Chiredzi, Zimbabwe |url=http://www.airport-information.org/ZW/BFO/ |publisher=P.L.M. van Smeden |accessdate=27 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002175925/http://www.airport-information.org/ZW/BFO/ |archive-date=2 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}
- The non-profit organization, Elias Fund, has its Zimbabwean base of operations in Chiredzi. The Mashoko / Hippo Valley Christian Mission also had headquarters in Chiredzi, from which it oversees two orphanages and a number of schools and churches throughout the province.
- The Hippo Valley Estates is located here, with its A-school and private school, that is Hippo Valley Primary school. South Eastern College is also located in Chiredzi, and serves as the only A-rated private high school in the area.
- Hippo Valley Hospital is one of a number of centers for the treatment of HIV or AIDS in the province.{{cite web |title=AIDS treatment centers |url=http://www.zan.co.zw/newsflash_view.cfm?nfid=12 |accessdate=2008-02-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226173742/http://www.zan.co.zw/newsflash_view.cfm?nfid=12 |archivedate=26 February 2008}}
Population
Wildlife
{{See also|Wildlife of Zimbabwe}}
Chiredzi has Gonarezhou National Park with Malilangwe. The two places have been visited by celebrities and support tourism. They enclose the wildlife consisting of carnivorous, herbivorous and omnivorous animals, such as the red-billed quelea{{cite web |author=Robert Cheke, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom |website=Invasive Species Compendium |title=Quelea quelea (weaver bird) |url=http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/66441 |year=2015 |accessdate=2017-05-04}} and Zimbabwean cheetah.{{cite web |title=Zimbabwe cheetahs |url=http://www.cheetahzimbabwe.org/#!zim-cheetahs/czyj |publisher=Cheetah Conservation Project Zimbabwe |accessdate=2016-02-15}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}