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Bulawayo

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Bu·la·wa·yo  (bl-wy, -wä-)
A city of west-central Zimbabwe southwest of Harare. It was founded by the British in 1893. Population: 676,000.
Bulawayo [ˌbʊləˈweɪəʊ]
n
(Placename) a city in SW Zimbabwe founded (1893) on the site of the kraal of Lobengula, the last Matabele king; the country's main industrial centre. Pop.: 790 000 (1998 est.)
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Noun1.Bulawayo - industrial city in southwestern Zimbabwe
Republic of Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe - a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980


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According to the national medical association, four in ten doctors have left Harare, and six in ten have left Bulawayo, usually for Britain, Australia, or neighbouring African states like Botswana.
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