On the 1st of June each year, Bulawayo celebratesBulawayo Daycommemorating the day on which it attained town status It had its first municipal council of 9 elected members in November 1897 Bulawayo became a city under Proclamation 41 on 4 November 1943 Its history dates back to pre-colonial times
In 1870, King Lobengulaestablished Old Bulawayoas his capital after the death of his father King Mzilikazi in 1868 In 1881, after 11 years of occupation, Lobengula moved his capital to what is now the modern city of Bulawayo He ordered the destruction of the old settlement by fire On 4 November 1893, it was occupied by thePioneer Column
The name originally called ko Bulawayo is alocative, generally interpreted as the place of slaughter or the place of killing or the place of the persecuted one Here are some random facts about the Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, according to the2022 Zimbabwe census:
665, 592–the number of people in Bulawayo This makes up 4.4% of the nation’s population 1,390– number of people per sq km
262,547– number of people aged 0-17 years in the city 403,405– number of people aged +18 years in the city 86– is the number of males in the city per 100 females 0.2– percentage by which the city’s population has grown since the 2012 census.
Source: Factcheckzw
