Kwekwe
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Kwekwe or Kwe Kwe is a city in Zimbabwe. It is located in the centre of the country (Midlands province) - 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 prelimary result of the 2002 census suggests a current population of 88,000.
Kwekwe was founded in the late 19th century as a gold mining town, and hosts Zimbabwe's National Mining Museum. The town remains an industrial centre of the country. Kwekwe is named after the Kwekwe River, which was originally named Que Que (pronounced the same) after the croaking of the frogs.
The climate is warm and wet from mid November to mid March, with cool, dry weather from May to mid August and warm dry weather from August to mid-November.
The Kwekwe Sports Club hosts games by Zimbabwe's Midlands provincial cricket side, and hosted a one-day international against Kenya in 2002, along with a number of matches between Zimbabwe A and touring teams. Kwekwe hosts two football (soccer) clubs, the Lancashire Steel (named after a local steel company) and Kwekwe Cables.
Schools in Kwekwe include Kwekwe Junior School ,Kwekwe High School ,Ficthlea primary school.
Surburbs
Kwekwe like any town has its surburbs devided into low cost housing ,residential housing and also industrial and railway housing.Amaveni and West End are the two low cost housing surburbs in Kwekwe area.These two ghetto like housing areas were primarily built close to the mines so that the workers where located close to work making the area boom in terms of business especially local bars referred to as beerhalls.The mine which was white sands was actually a beautiful site and was nick named "Motoro".
Then there was the mid-class homes in the Fitchlea area ,this area is made up of big 3-4 bedroom homes and is still home to wealthy families despite the collapse of the economy.
Masasa Park ,New Town are amongst the wealthier surburbs.
The town lies on the Bulawayo - Harare Line of the railway.
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