Lupane District

Lupane is a district in Matabeleland North Province in Zimbabwe. It lies at an elevation of 976 m. In 2006 it had 1,600 inhabitants. It is on the road from Bulawayo to Hwange. In the years since 2000, there has been nearly 200 cases of torture by the militias of the ZANU-PF. Lupane is a rural, semi-arid area, which cultivates cotton and corn. A new university has been proposed for the district, which would cater for the rest of Mat. north province. The word Lupane is a Kalanga/Lozwi word.

The region has been explored for Coal Bed Methane (CBM) and a resource of over 370,000,000 cubic kilometres (13,000,000×10^¹² cu ft) is thought to exist with a purity of 95% methane.

Lupane town is the main centre for the district and is the location of the Matebeleland North government head offices. It also houses the Provincial hospital (under construction).

The Bubi-Lupane Dam was built in 2010 on the Bubi River in order to supply water to Lupane District.^[1] A water treatment plant is also being built.^[2]

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Coordinates: 18°56′S 27°46′E / 18.933°S 27.767°E / -18.933; 27.767

Subdivisions of Zimbabwe

Provinces	Bulawayo Harare Province Manicaland Mashonaland Central Mashonaland East Mashonaland West Masvingo Matabeleland North Matabeleland South Midlands

Districts	Beitbridge Bikita Bindura Binga Bubi Buhera Bulawayo Bulilimamangwe Chegutu Chikomba Chimanimani Chipinge Chiredzi Chirumhanzu Chivi Gokwe North Gokwe South Goromonzi Guruve Gutu Gwanda Gweru Harare Hurungwe Hwange Hwedza Insiza Kadoma Kariba Kwekwe Lupane Makonde Makoni Marondera Masvingo Matobo Mazowe Mberengwa Mount Darwin Mudzi Mukumbura Murehwa Mutare Mutasa Mutoko Muzarabani Mwenezi Nkayi Nyanga Rushinga Seke Shamva Shurugwi Tsholotsho Umguza Umzingwane Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe Wedza Zaka Zvimba Zvishavane

Wards	Wards of Zimbabwe

Largest cities	Harare Bulawayo Chitungwiza Mutare Gweru Kwekwe Kadoma Masvingo Chinhoyi Marondera

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