Dete

This article is about a place in Zimbabwe. For the Irish government department, see Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Dete Dett
Coordinates: 18°41′30″S 26°53′30″E / 18.69167°S 26.89167°E / -18.69167; 26.89167
Country	Zimbabwe
Elevation	1,091 m (3,579 ft)
Population
- Total	approx 1,000

Dete (previously known as Dett) is a small railway re-crewing depot and village on the Bulawayo-Hwange-Victoria Falls railway line in Zimbabwe, approximately 415 km (258 mi) north of Bulawayo and 93 km (58 mi) south of Hwange, lying within the Hwange National Park.

Features

While unpopular with train crews stationed there because of its isolation and lack of proper shopping and education facilities, these drawbacks are offset with a daily financial allowance and an extra day's paid leave for every month served by workers. Dete is near the Kamativi tin mine.

Train System

Bulawayo-based train crews booked off on arrival at Dete, while Dete or Hwange train crews worked the train farther north to Hwange.

This system of trains working was phased out when diesel locomotives were introduced on the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls railway line.

See also

• Dete train crash, 2003 railway accident

Coordinates: 18°41′30″S 26°53′30″E / 18.69167°S 26.89167°E / -18.69167; 26.89167