Gweru

Gweru, historically known as Gwelo, is the capital city of Zimbabwe's . Founded in 1894 as a military outpost by Leander Starr Jameson. the settlement grew from an area originally called "The Steep Place" by the Ndebele people, a reference to the high banks of the Gweru River.
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Latitude
-19.4616° or 19° 27′ 42″ south
Longitude
29.8206° or 29° 49′ 14″ east
UN/LOCODE
ZW GWE
Open location code
5GGFGRQC+86
Open­Street­Map ID
node 253192754
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
890422
Wiki­data ID
Q399316

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Gweru” goes by many names.
GweloAfrikaans
GweruAfrikaans
ግወሩAmharic
جويروArabic
غويروArabic
ԳվերուArmenian
GweruAsturian
GweruAzerbaijani
GweruBasque
GweruBavarian
ГверуBelarusian
ГвэруBelarusian
গ্বেরুBengali
গ্যেরুBengali
ГверуBulgarian
ГуеруBulgarian
GweruCatalan
GweruCebuano
Gweru DistrictCebuano
圭洛Chinese
圭魯Chinese
圭鲁Chinese
GweloCroatian
GweruCroatian
GweruCzech
GweruDanish
GweloDutch
GweruDutch
جويروEgyptian Arabic
GweruEsperanto
GweloFinnish
GweruFinnish
GweloFrench
GweruFrench
GweloGerman
GweruGerman
ΚβέρουGreek
ગ્વેરુGujarati
GweruHausa
גוורוHebrew
ग्वेरुHindi
GweruIndonesian
GweruIrish
GweruItalian
グウェルJapanese
グウェルゥJapanese
GweruJavanese
ಗ್ವೆರುKannada
ГвруKazakh
ГвруKirghiz
궤루Korean
그웨루Korean
GveruLatvian
GveruLithuanian
GweruMalay
ग्वेरुMarathi
GweruNorthern Frisian
GweruNorwegian
GweruNorwegian Bokmål
GweruOromo
ਗਵੇਰੂPanjabi
گوروPersian
گویروPersian
GweloPolish
GweruPolish
GweruPortuguese
گویروPushto
GweruRomanian
ГверуRussian
ГвруRussian
GveruSerbian
GweruSerbian
ГверуSerbian
GweruShona
GweruSilesian
ග්වේරුSinhala
GweruSlovak
GweloSlovenian
GweruSlovenian
GweruSomali
GweloSpanish
GweruSpanish
GweruSwahili
GweruSwedish
ГвруTajik
குவெரூTamil
ГвруTatar
గ్వేరుTelugu
กเวรูThai
GweruTurkish
ГверуUkrainian
ҐверуUkrainian
گویروUrdu
GweruUzbek
GweruVenetian
GweruVietnamese
GweruWaray (Philippines)
ГверуWestern Mari
GweruZulu

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