Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe
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Mount Darwin or Karanda is a town in Mashonaland Central province in Zimbabwe. It is named after the biologist Charles Darwin[citation needed]. It is located 156 kilometres north of Harare.
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[edit] History
Mount Darwin is the probable site of some of the earliest European missionary work in southern Africa, by the Portuguese Jesuit Gonçalo da Silveira, who arrived in 1560 and was killed in March 1561 near Mount Darwin following a souring of relations with the local chief[citation needed].
[edit] Facilities
The nearby Karanda Mission Hospital is an important health facility. The hospital attends to 10 to 20 surgeries and 200 to 300 outpatients daily. [1]
[edit] Notable residents
- Joice Mujuru, Politician (birthplace)
- James Makamba, Businessman (Home area)
- Savior Kasukuwere, Politician and Businessman (birthplace)
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[edit] References
- ^ "Hospital ministry". Karanda.org. http://www.karanda.org/ministries.html. Retrieved 20-02-2012.
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