Colleen Bawn

Colleen Bawn

For the Dion Boucicault play, please see The Colleen Bawn

Colleen Bawn is located in Zimbabwe
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Location of Colleen Bawn

Colleen Bawn is a village in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. It is located about 153 km south-east of Bulawayo on the main Bulawayo-Beitbridge road. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 1,427.

The village grew up around the Colleen Bawn gold mine which named after by the prospector who pegged the claim in 1895 after an Irish girl with whom he had been acquainted. A mine was opened in 1905 but after the Second World War, Limestone became the focal mining in the area. The limestone is mined by Pretoria Portland Cement, who operate a cement factory on the site and have been responsible for recent growth in the village.

Colleen Bawn is supplied with water from Geelong Weir on the Mzingwane River, fed by releases of water from Silalabuhwa Dam on the tributary Insiza River.

Coordinates: 21°00′S 29°13′E / 21°S 29.217°E / -21; 29.217



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