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Goromonzi

Mashonaland Easttown

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52Moderate
Elevation1465 m
Coordinates-17.86°, 31.38°

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City facts

Elevation
1465 m

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Goromonzi is a rural community in East Mashonaland, Zimbabwe, 20 miles (32 km) southeast of the country's capital city of Harare. The people are principally from the Shona tribe. The village serves as a trading centre for commercial, communal and co-operative farms. It is also the administrative centre for the Chinyika communal land and Goromonzi District. The community is located on a subsidiary road north of the A3 highway to Harare. Goromonzi Hill, at 1,581 metres (5,187 ft), is just southeast of the town.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-17.8554
Longitude
31.3761
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Moderate
52
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
17.9
PM10 (µg/m³)
19.3
Ozone (µg/m³)
39
NO₂ (µg/m³)
5.8

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
2,684
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Pied Crow
    Corvus albus Statius Muller, 1776 · Aves
    49
  • Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
    Pogoniulus chrysoconus (Temminck, 1832) · Aves
    35
  • Cattle Egret
    Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    34
  • Fork-tailed Drongo
    Dicrurus adsimilis (Bechstein, 1794) · Aves
    34
  • Black-backed Puffback
    Dryoscopus cubla (Latham, 1802) · Aves
    33
  • Southern Cordonbleu
    Uraeginthus angolensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    33
  • Red-eyed Dove
    Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) · Aves
    33
  • Amethyst Sunbird
    Chalcomitra amethystina (Shaw, 1812) · Aves
    33

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
Largest event

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.82
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,124

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
143
Avg daily Wikipedia views
5
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Sources

  • Wikipedia
  • Wikidata
  • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • Wikipedia Pageviews API