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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From National Geographic • Jan. 4, 2024

Farawo said the parks agency was still compiling statistics, but 15 elephants died in a week in Hwange, the country’s largest park, this month, with 16 buffaloes also found dead.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Like nearby Hwange, the area's national park is unfenced.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2022

The new generators will only come on stream in three years and even then, this does not guarantee power because the major coal supplier, Hwange Colliery, is struggling to stay afloat.

From Reuters • May 16, 2019

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

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