Shangani River

The Shangani is a river in Zimbabwe that starts near Gweru, Gweru River being one of its main tributaries' and goes through Midlands and Matabeleland North provinces. It empties into the Gwayi River.

The Shangani River was the site of the 4 December 1893 Shangani Patrol battle in which Major Allan Wilson and 31 men of the British South Africa Company were killed by the Matabele warriors. Only two Americans, Frederick Russell Burnham and Pete Ingram, and one Australian, W.L. Gooding, survived the attack.^[1]

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Gweru District

Capital: Gweru

Dams/Reservoirs

• Whitewaters Dam
• Insukamini Dam
• Shagari Dam
• Deanfield Dam
• Ngamo Dam
• Sombibi Dam

Rivers

• Vungu River
• Shangani River
• Gweru River
• Manzamunyama River

Highways/Roads

• Harare-Bulawayo Highway
• Gweru-Mvuma Road
• Gweru-Zvishavane Road
• Gweru-Lower Gweru Road

Museums/Monuments

• Gweru Museum
• Nalatale
• Danangombe

Settlements

• Lower Gweru
• Dabuka
• Gweru-Thornhill Air Base

Health Centres

• Gweru General Hospital

Irrgation Schemes

• Mambanjeni
• Mutorahuku

Education

• Gweru Polytechnic Institute
• Chaplin High School
• Thornhill High School
• Midlands Christian College
• Nashville Secondary School
• Fletcher High School
• Riverside School
• Midlands State University
• Chikwingwizha Seminary
• St Patricks Mission

Culture and sport

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Gweru
• Ascot Stadium
• Chapungu United
• Wha Wha FC

Notable People

• Energy Murambadoro
• Mandy Loots
• Nkululeko Sibanda
• Patrick Kombayi
• Gary Teichmann
• Malcolm Grainger
• Ray Reed
• Shimmer Chinodya
• Christopher Muzvuru
• Gerald B. Clarke
• Orlando Lourenco
• Paddington Mhondoro
• Alec Smith
• Brendan Ashby
• Welshman Ncube
• Lovemore Majaivana
• Elson Moyo
• Thomas Sweswe

Constituencies

• Chiwundura
• Vungu
• Gweru Urban
• Mkoba

Industries

• Moto (magazine)
• Unki mine

References

18°30′27″S 27°11′23″E / 18.5074°S 27.1898°E / -18.5074; 27.1898