Bulawayo (zwe)

Bulawayo

Bulawayo ranks 1,604th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Castellón de la Plana, Elmira, New York, and Edessa. Memorable people born in Bulawayo include Albert Lutuli, John Love, and Alexander McCall Smith. Memorable people who died in Bulawayo include Phelekezela Mphoko. Bulawayo has been the birth place of many athletes, and writers and the death place of many politicians. Bulawayo is located in Zimbabwe.

Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council claimed it to be about 1.2 million. Bulawayo covers an area of 546 square kilometres in the western part of the country, along the Matsheumhlope River. Along with the capital Harare, Bulawayo is one of two cities in Zimbabwe that are also provinces. Read more on Wikipedia