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- Helenvale BlockLocation: The Helenvale Block is a residential area located in, Umguza District, Matabeleland North Province approximately 50 km from Bulawayo. Background: Population: Places of Interest: Attractions:...Places14 December 2016
Helemu Primary SchoolAddress: Njube Township Bulawayo ZimbabweSchools14 December 2016
HedgehogA hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the order Eulipotyphla. There are seventeen species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa,...Environment & Biology14 December 2016- Heany JunctionLocation: Heany Junction is a settlement situated in Umguza, District, Matebeleland North Province, Zimbabwe. Background: Population: Places of Interest: Attractions: Popular Activities: Accommodation...Cities & Towns14 December 2016
HealthHealth is state of physical, mental and social well being. It involves more than just the absence of disease. A truly healthy person not only feels good physically but also has a realistic outlook on....Culture & People14 December 2016- HeadlandsLocation: Headlands growth point and village is located on the main Harare-Mutare road about 136 km from Harare in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. It is a commercial and trading center for the surround...Cities & Towns14 December 2016
HawksType: Aves Order: Accipitriformes Diet: Size: Medium-sized Weight: Protection Status: General Background: Hawks are a group of medium-sized diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae which are w...Environment & Biology13 December 2016- HaunaLocation: Hauna growth point and village is located in the Honde Valley approx. 55km north of Mutare in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. It is the commercial, trade and administrative center for Mutasa....Cities & Towns13 December 2016
HarvestmenHarvestmen are an order of arachnids, with which they share many characteristics: their body is divided into two body regions (tagmata), the abdomen (opisthosoma) and the cephalothorax (prosoma); howe...Environment & Biology13 December 2016- Andrew HartmannMissionary Andrew Hartmann was ordained in 1879 and joined the Society of Jesus in 1883. Born in 1851 in Austria he arrived in Bulawayo in 1888 and in 1890 he traveled with the Pioneer Column to Salis...1890 - 197913 December 2016
- Henry HartleyHunter and Prospector Henry Hartley was born in England in 1820. He travelled to South Africa and from 1859 he hunted north of the Limpopo and was later given permission by King Mzilikazi to hunt in M...1890 - 197913 December 2016
HartebeestThe hartebeest is an African antelope, first described by the German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in 1766. Eight subspecies have been described, including two sometimes considered to be independent sp...Environment & Biology13 December 2016- HarrisvaleHarrisvale is a medium density suburb located in Bulawayo, the second capital city of Zimbabwe.Places13 December 2016
Alice BalfourNaturalist and Author Alice Blanche Balfour was born on 20 October 1850 in Dunbar where she died 86 years later in 1936 on 12 June 1936. She was a Victorian naturalist and one of the earliest female p...1890 - 197913 December 2016
Harleigh Ruins (now Zvipadze Monument)Location: The Harleigh Ruins now renamed Zvipadze Monument are 14km from Rusape on the Silver Bow Road, on the former Harleigh Tobacco Farm. They are two ancient ruins within 500 metres of each other....Places13 December 2016
HareHares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares are classified into the same family as rabbits. They are similar in size and form to rabbits and eat the same diet. They are gene...Environment & Biology13 December 2016
Harare KopjeLocation: Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe Description: The Harare Kopje is a hill at the foot of which Harare's commercial area grew after the arrival of the Pioneers in 1890. The elevation of the k...Places13 December 2016- James HamiltonPresident of the British South Africa Company James Hamilton was a Conservative MP in the British Parliament. In 1889 he was invited to join the Board of the British South Africa Company and became Pr...1890 - 197913 December 2016
Hamilton High SchoolHamilton High School is a public high school for boys located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Hamilton High School was ranked 5th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based...Schools13 December 2016
Richard HallPioneer Journalist Richard Nicklin Hall was born in Dudley, United Kingdom 1853. He arrived in Rhodesia in 1897 as a journalist representing several British newspapers. He was assigned by Cecil Rhodes...1890 - 197913 December 2016
GymnospermsFamily Description: Gymnosperms are seed-bearing vascular plants, such as cycads, ginkgo, yews and conifers, in which the ovules or seeds are not enclosed in an ovary. The word "gymnosperm" comes from...Environment & Biology13 December 2016- GwayiLocation: Gwayi village is located approx. 135 km north-west of Bulawayo off the main Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road. The village is named after the local Gwayi river and is derived from the Ndebele wor...Cities & Towns13 December 2016
- GwandaThe town is the provincial capital of Matabeleland South Province, it is one of the 10 administrative provinces in the country. It is located approximately 122 kilometres, by road, southeast of Bulawa...Cities & Towns13 December 2016
- GwabalandaGwabalanda is a suburb located in western Bulawayo, the second capital city of Zimbabwe. The surburb is named after a Ndebele chief, Gwabalanda Mathe.Places13 December 2016