Caesar, Zimbabwe
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Caesar is a village in the Mazowe West District located within the province of Mashonaland Central
, Zimbabwe
. It is situated in the Great Dyke about 12 km (7.5 mi) south of the Mutorashanga Pass. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 2,674. The village grew up around the Caesar Mine which is a chromite
mine.
Mashonaland Central
Mashonaland Central is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 28,347 km² and a population of approximately 998,265 , representing about 8.5% of the total Zimbabwe population.- Background :Bindura is the capital of the province...
, 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...
. It is situated in the Great Dyke about 12 km (7.5 mi) south of the Mutorashanga Pass. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 2,674. The village grew up around the Caesar Mine which is a chromite
Chromite
Chromite is an iron chromium oxide: FeCr2O4. It is an oxide mineral belonging to the spinel group. Magnesium can substitute for iron in variable amounts as it forms a solid solution with magnesiochromite ; substitution of aluminium occurs leading to hercynite .-Occurrence:Chromite is found in...
mine.