Bradfield, Zimbabwe
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Location
Bradfield is located in Bulawayo DistrictBulawayo
Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with an estimated population in 2010 of 2,000,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland...
, Matabeleland North Province, in the city of Bulawayo
Bulawayo
Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with an estimated population in 2010 of 2,000,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland...
, the second-largest business and industrial center in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
, after the capital
Capital City
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, Harare
Harare
Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...
, located approximately 460 kilometres (286 mi), by road, to the northeast.
Bradfield is bordered by 16th Street to the north, Bulawayo Golf Club and Lions Golf Club to the east, 23rd Avenue and Burns Drive to the south and by Angus Road to the west. Matopos Road runs from 16th Street to 23rd Avenue, in a north to south direction in the neighborhood. Hillside Road also runs in a north to south direction throgh the Bradfield. The geographic coordinates of the neighborhood are:20° 10' 40.00"S, 28° 35' 6.00"E (Latitude:-20.177778; Longitude:28.585000).
Overview
Bradfield, Zimbabwe is an upscale residential and commercial neighborhood in Bulawayo. Commercial enterprises like banks, doctors' and dentists' offices and a shopping mall are located on Hillside Road. Upscale single-family homes occupy the rest of the neighborhood.Hitorry
The suburb was named after Edwin Eugene Bradfield, one of the first EuropeEurope
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ans to settle in the neighborhood.
Points of interest
The points of interest within Bradfield or close to its borders, include the following:- Hellenic Community Hall
- A branch of Ecobank ZimbabweEcobank Zimbabwe-Overview:Ecobank Zimbabwe is a small, but growing financial services provider in Zimbabwe, serving large corporate clients, upscale retail customers and medium to large business enterprises. The company’s services include personal banking, business banking, global banking and agricultural finance...
- Mater Dei Hospital - A private hospital, located to the immediate south of Bradfield on Burns Drive
- Bradfield Shopping Center - At the corner of Hillside Road and Burns Drive
- Bulawayo Golf Club - Located to the immediate east of Bradfield
- Bulawayo Golf Club - Located to the immediate east of Bradfield