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Mutare

Also known as Umtali

Mutare, called Umtali until 1982, is a city in eastern Zimbabwe near the border with Mozambique. Founded in the 1890s and moved to its present site to meet the railway from Beira, which reached it in 1898, it became the gateway between the Rhodesian interior and the coast. It is the capital of Manicaland Province.

Mutare
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Mozambique Company

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mutare. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mutare
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