Hwange (known as Wankie until 1982) is a town in western Zimbabwe, in the province of Matabeleland North. According to the 1992 Population Census, the town had a population of 42,581. It is a centre for the coal mining industry with Hwange Colliery being the largest coal mine in Zimbabwe (with reserves for over 1,000 years). Coal was discovered here in 1897. A coal power station was built here in the late 1990s.
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