Goromonzi
Town in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe
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Goromonzi is a rural community in East Mashonaland, Zimbabwe, 20 miles (32 km) southeast of the country's capital city of Harare.[2] The people are principally from the Shona tribe. The village serves as a trading centre for commercial, communal and co-operative farms. It is also the administrative centre for the Chinyika communal land and Goromonzi District. The community is located on a subsidiary road north of the A3 highway to Harare.[3] Goromonzi Hill, at 1,581 metres (5,187 ft), is just southeast of the town.[3]
Goromonzi | |
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Town | |
  Goromonzi | |
| Coordinates: 17°51′18″S 31°22′33″E | |
| Country |  Zimbabwe |
| Province | Mashonaland East |
| District | Goromonzi District |
| Elevation | 1,465 m (4,806 ft) |
| Population (2012 Census)[1] | |
• Total | 4,732 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (CEST) |
The global rise in lithium prices in the early 2020s triggered a 'lithium rush' in which artisanal miners occupied a privately owned lithium claim area in Goromonzi. The artisanal miners were later evicted after the area was cordoned off and shut down by Zimbabwe’s Environmental Management Agency.[4]
