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Watsomba Destination Guide

Discover Watsomba in Zimbabwe

Watsomba in the region of Manicaland is a town located in Zimbabwe - some 120 mi or ( 193 km ) South-East of Harare , the country's capital .

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Local time in Watsomba is now 06:55 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Harare " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Mutare, Masvingo, Harare, Gweru, and Bindura. When in this area, you might want to check out Mutare . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Watsomba ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Watsomba

Watsomba is a shopping centre in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe located 42 km north of Mutare on the main Mutare-Nyanga road. It is an administrative and trading centre for the Mutasa and Manyika communal lands. Around Watsomba are farms surrounding the growth point namely ruwodo farm, muringami farm, sakupwanya farm, madziwa farm, sagonda farm, Mutasa farm, Mandimutsira farms, Mundoma farm, Mvere Farm, Kuwana farm, Nyagura farm and many other small scale farms.

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Located at -18.68 32.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Manicaland Province, Populated places in Zimbabwe

Mutasa District

Mutasa District is one of seven districts in the Manicaland province of Zimbabwe. Mutasa district is located 30 km from Mutare and stretches up to the Honde Valley, which is about 100 km northeast of Mutare along a tarred road that branches off the Nyanga road.

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Located at -18.58 32.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Districts of Manicaland Province, Districts of Zimbabwe, Geography of Zimbabwe, Manicaland Province, Populated places in Zimbabwe

Stapleford, Zimbabwe

}} Stapleford is a village in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe, located northeast of Penhalonga. The village is the centre of the local timber industry and is on the edge of the Stapleford Forest near Lake Alexander. Stapleford Forest was established in 1920 and sawmilling began in 1940.

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Located at -18.73 32.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Manicaland Province, Populated places in Zimbabwe

Osborne Dam

The Osborne Dam site on the Odzi River, Zimbabwe, was identified in the 1950s by the planning engineers of the Ministry of Water. Cored drilling investigations on the two possible alignments were completed in the 1960s.

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Located at -18.77 32.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Dams in Zimbabwe, Visitor attractions in Zimbabwe

Eastern Highlands

"Eastern Highlands" also refers to Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea, and part of the Great Dividing Range, Australia. The Eastern or 'East African Highlands' is a mountain range in the east of Zimbabwe and one of 4 distinct physiographic divisions on the African continent.

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Located at -18.72 32.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Afromontane, Afrotropic ecozone, Great Rift Valley, Montane grasslands and shrublands, Mountain ranges of Mozambique, Mountains of Zimbabwe, Physiographic divisions