Chipinge

This article is about the town in Zimbabwe. For the district, see Chipinge District.
Chipinge
Chipinga
Chipinge is located in Zimbabwe
Chipinge
Coordinates: 20°12′00″S 32°37′12″E / 20.20000°S 32.62000°E / -20.20000; 32.62000
CountryZimbabwe
ProvinceManicaland Province
DistrictChipinge District
CityChipinge Municipality
Elevation
1,132 m (3,635 ft)
Population
 (2022 census)[1]
 • Total
34,959
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
ClimateCwb

Chipinge, formerly known as Chipinga, is a town in Zimbabwe, located in Chipinge District, in Manicaland Province, in southeastern Zimbabwe, close to the border with Mozambique.

Location

The town lies approximately 170 kilometres (110 mi), by road, south of Mutare, the nearest large city.[2] This location lies about 230 kilometres (140 mi), by road, east of Masvingo,[3] on the road (Highway A-9) to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, approximately 290 kilometres (180 mi), further west of Masvingo.[4] The coordinates of the town are: 20° 12' 0.00"S, 32° 37' 12.00"E (Latitude:20.2000; Longitude:32.6200). Chipinge sits at an elevation of 1,132 metres (3,714 ft), above sea level.[5]

Overview

A map of the districts of Manicaland Province

The average annual rainfall in Chipinge is about 1,105 millimetres (43.5 in). The warm climate and high rainfall are well suited to agriculture. The local farmers grow tea, coffee, macadamia nuts and rear dairy cattle. The surrounding mountain slopes are covered with pine and acacia plantations. One of Zimbabwe's most famous landmarks, the Birchenough Bridge is located on the Sabi River about 50 kilometres (31 mi), northwest of Chipinge.[6]

The town is the headquarters of Chipinge District and contain the main offices of Chipinge District Administration and the offices of Chipinge Town Council. Royal Bank Zimbabwe, a commercial bank, maintains a branch in the town.[7] Chipinge is also served by Chipinge Airport, Telone Exchange telecommunications.

Chipinge is divided into five constituencies for election purposes: Chipinge Central, Chipinge North, Chipinge South, Chipinge East and Musikavanhu.

History

The town was formerly known as Chipinga. A white settlement began here with the arrival of Thomas Moodie's trek in 1893 and was called South Melsetter. Melsetter was his family home in Orkney, Scotland. In 1903 a police outpost was built here and in 1909 a school was built. The settlement was renamed Chipinga after a local chief in 1907 and in 1946 Chipinga received town status. Dairy farming was established early in the 1900s and by 1931 there were two cheese factories in operation. In 1945 a third cheese factory was open in the town but the same year saw the three factories being amalgamated to form one large factory. Cheese production at this facility continued until 1976. In 1983 Dairibord Zimbabwe under Dairibord Holdings opened a dairy factory making sterilized milk "steri" at 323 Ferreira Street. The area around Chipinge was the first place to grow tea in Zimbabwe, when Grafton and Florence Phillips smuggled seeds from Assam in British India in 1924, while coffee was introduced on a small scale but was not successful until 1950 when a coffee experimental station was established.

Population

According to the 1992 Population Census, the town has a population of 11,582. In 2004, the town's population was estimated at 18,860.[8] The results of the 2012 census indicate 25,675 residents in Chipinge Town.

Climate

Climate data for Chipinge (1961–1990, extremes 1932–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 37.8
(100.0) 		35.6
(96.1) 		34.3
(93.7) 		36.0
(96.8) 		32.7
(90.9) 		29.7
(85.5) 		34.9
(94.8) 		33.5
(92.3) 		38.0
(100.4) 		38.4
(101.1) 		36.6
(97.9) 		34.1
(93.4) 		38.4
(101.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 26.0
(78.8) 		25.5
(77.9) 		25.2
(77.4) 		24.1
(75.4) 		22.6
(72.7) 		20.4
(68.7) 		20.2
(68.4) 		22.2
(72.0) 		24.8
(76.6) 		26.1
(79.0) 		26.3
(79.3) 		26.0
(78.8) 		24.1
(75.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 20.9
(69.6) 		20.5
(68.9) 		19.8
(67.6) 		18.2
(64.8) 		16.3
(61.3) 		14.4
(57.9) 		14.2
(57.6) 		15.8
(60.4) 		18.1
(64.6) 		19.4
(66.9) 		20.3
(68.5) 		20.5
(68.9) 		18.2
(64.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 16.9
(62.4) 		16.7
(62.1) 		15.9
(60.6) 		14.3
(57.7) 		12.3
(54.1) 		10.3
(50.5) 		9.8
(49.6) 		10.7
(51.3) 		12.7
(54.9) 		14.2
(57.6) 		15.6
(60.1) 		16.4
(61.5) 		13.8
(56.8)
Record low °C (°F) 11.0
(51.8) 		11.8
(53.2) 		9.9
(49.8) 		5.8
(42.4) 		4.0
(39.2) 		2.4
(36.3) 		0.6
(33.1) 		2.2
(36.0) 		3.8
(38.8) 		5.3
(41.5) 		7.2
(45.0) 		10.0
(50.0) 		0.6
(33.1)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 208.5
(8.21) 		204.1
(8.04) 		142.5
(5.61) 		61.9
(2.44) 		31.3
(1.23) 		16.7
(0.66) 		19.9
(0.78) 		20.6
(0.81) 		26.1
(1.03) 		53.0
(2.09) 		103.0
(4.06) 		209.9
(8.26) 		1,097.5
(43.21)
Average rainy days 12 12 10 5 4 4 3 4 4 6 9 11 84
Average relative humidity (%) 81 83 82 80 73 70 68 67 63 69 75 79 74
Mean monthly sunshine hours 235.6 196.0 226.3 234.0 254.2 234.0 251.1 269.7 261.0 248.0 228.0 210.8 2,848.7
Mean daily sunshine hours 7.6 7.0 7.3 7.8 8.2 7.8 8.1 8.7 8.7 8.0 7.6 6.8 7.8
Source 1: World Meteorological Organization,[9] NOAA (sun and mean temperature, 1961–1990)[10]
Source 2: Deutscher Wetterdienst (humidity),[11] Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)[12]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ citypopulation.de Population of cities & urban localities in Zimbabwe
  2. ^ Road Distance Between Mutare And Chipinge With Map
  3. ^ Map Showing Masvingo And Chipinge With Distance Marker
  4. ^ Road Distance Between Bulawayo And Masvingo With Map
  5. ^ Elevation of Chipinge Above Sea Level[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ Map Showing Chipinge And Birchenough Bridge With Distance Marker
  7. ^ Branches of Royal Bank Zimbabwe Archived 26 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Estimated Town Population In 2004
  9. ^ "World Weather Information Service – Chipinge". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Chipinge Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  11. ^ "Klimatafel von Chipinge (Chipinga) / Simbabwe" (PDF). Baseline climate means (1961-1990) from stations all over the world (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  12. ^ "Station Chipinge" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

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