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Hwange

British  
/ ˈhwæŋɡeɪ /

noun

  1. Former name (until 1982): Wankie.  a town in W Zimbabwe: coal mines. Pop: 42 581 (1992)

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In May 2024, authorities in Hwange National Park became suspicious after a radio collar worn by a male lion stopped working.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

He remembers visiting Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park in the 1990s and counting dozens of bateleurs.

From National Geographic • Jan. 4, 2024

Hwange is home to around 45,000 elephants along with more than 100 other mammal species and 400 bird species.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2023

One Chinese-funded project that is progressing is in the northwestern town of Hwange, where construction was already well underway when China announced its coal-funding freeze.

From Reuters • Mar. 30, 2022

Arm often dreamed of the countryside around Hwange, where he grew up, but this place was different.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer