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Chivhu
Mashonaland Easttown
Air quality index
Demographic figures from ZIMSTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
As a town in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, Chivhu occupies its own corner of the country. Its coordinates of -19.019°, 30.897° place it in the tropical zone of the southern hemisphere. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. The location receives about 2,116 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 83% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Southern Gray-headed SparrowPasser diffusus (A.Smith, 1836) · Aves7
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus (Dumont, 1805) · Aves5
- Pied CrowCorvus albus Statius Muller, 1776 · Aves4
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves4
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola (Sundevall, 1857) · Aves4
- Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus (Jardine, 1831) · Aves4
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor (A.Smith, 1833) · Aves3
- African Palm-SwiftCypsiurus parvus (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves3
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.5 — 2006-05-219 km S of Dorowa Mining Lease, Zimbabwe
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here


People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Mashonaland East
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org