Que Que
| Kwekwe | ||
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| Nickname(s): kwelakwela | ||
 Kwekwe
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| Coordinates: 18°55′S 29°49′E / 18.917°S 29.817°ECoordinates: 18°55′S 29°49′E / 18.917°S 29.817°E | ||
| Country | Zimbabwe | |
| Province | Midlands | |
| District | Kwekwe | |
| Established | 1898 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | city Council | |
| • Mayor | Stefan Bonyongwa | |
| • Member of Parliament, MP | Masango Matambanadzo (Blackman) | |
| Elevation | 1,220 m (4,000 ft) | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 100,900 | |
| 2012 census | ||
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | gmt+2 (UTC) | |
| Area code(s) | 055 | |
| Climate | BSh | |
| Website | www |
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Kwekwe (/ˈkweɪkweɪ/ KWAY-kway) (known until 1983 as Que Que), is a city in central Zimbabwe.
It is located in Kwekwe District, in Midlands Province, in the center of the country, roughly equidistant from Harare to the northeast and Bulawayo to the southwest. Its population stood at 47,607 in 1982, 75,425 in 1992 and the preliminary result of the 2002 census suggests a population of 88,000. In 2012, the city's population was estimated at 100,900 people. It is a centre for steel and fertiliser production in the country.
Kwekwe and neighbouring Redcliff are the headquarters of Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO), the country's largest steelworks. It also hosts the Zimbabwe Iron and Smelting Company (ZIMASCO), the largest ferrochrome producer, and one of the biggest power generating plants, ZESA-Munyati, in Munyati, a suburb of Kwekwe. Kwekwe is Zimbabwe's richest city in terms of minerals.
Kwekwe town was founded in 1898 as a gold mining town, and hosts Zimbabwe's National Mining Museum. The town remains an industrial centre of the country. The name stems from the Zulu word "isikwekwe", which means "scurvy", "mange" or "scab". Popular belief states that Kwekwe is named after the croaking noise made by the nearby river's frogs.
The town is situated on Zimbabwe's Highveld at an altitude of 1,220 metres (4,000 ft), above sea level. It is located in the tropics but its high altitude modifies this to a warm temperate climate. The average annual temperature is 19 °C (66 °F). As with much of the Highveld, summers are long but not hot as the temperature depends on the amount of cloudiness and indirectly the amount of rain received. Drought years are hotter than wet years. The climate is hot and wet during the summer rainy season from mid November to mid March, with cool, dry weather from May to mid-August in the winter season, and warm dry weather from August to mid November. Winters are characterised mainly by their cold nights, with an average minimum temperature of 7 °C (45 °F), and are the sunniest time of the year.
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