Southern Africa
Zimbabwe
Mashonaland Central

Centenary

Centenary is a township in Mashonaland Central province in . On June 21, 2001, Centenary was a pilgrimage for those who wanted to see the total solar eclipse, as it was one of the few areas of Zimbabwe that witnessed it.
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  • Type: Town with 3,390 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Zimbabwe
  • Also known as: “Centenary, Zimbabwe”

Centenary

Latitude
-16.73054° or 16° 43′ 50″ south
Longitude
31.12109° or 31° 7′ 16″ east
Population
3,390
Elevation
1,186 metres (3,891 feet)
Open location code
5GMH749C+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3049269846
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
894460
Wiki­data ID
Q428532
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Satellite Map

Discover Centenary from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Swahili—“Centenary” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Centenary”
  • Cebuano: “Centenary”
  • Dutch: “Centenary, Zimbabwe”
  • German: “Centenary”
  • Irish: “Centenary”
  • Japanese: “センテナリー”
  • Shona: “Centenary”
  • Swahili: “Centenary, Zimbabwe”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Centenary”. Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 3.0.