Zhombe River
| Zhombe | |
|---|---|
| Communal land | |
 Zhombe
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| Coordinates: 18°40′01″S 29°20′56″E / 18.667°S 29.349°ECoordinates: 18°40′01″S 29°20′56″E / 18.667°S 29.349°E | |
| country |
 Zimbabwe
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| Province | Midlands |
| District | Kwekwe |
| Time zone | Central Africa Time (UTC+2) |
Zhombe (formerly known as Jombe) is a Communal land, a rural settlement with a few commercial farms within its borders and a handful of resettlement areas. The greater part of it makes Zhombe Constituency in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. Its administrative hub and capital is Zhombe Joel Growth Point located about 60 km north-west of Kwekwe and 80 km south-east of Gokwe.
There are 14 business centres in the Zhombe constituency. Ten of the business centres are electrified. There are also 2 Rural Service Centres , namely Empress and Joel. There were 53 Primary schools and 18 secondary schools in 2011. There are 10 clinics (and 1 mission hospital) and several health centers in Zhombe. There are over 48 000 cattle, 13 Animal Health Centers and 26 dip tanks within Zhombe constituency.
Zhombe is still Jombe with a wrong spelling which came as a result of the French or Portuguese pronunciation. It is common that "Jo" is sometimes pronounced "Zho" in these Central African Names.
Joboringo School in Charama, Gokwe, and another school of the same name near Shurugwi called Jobolinko (Ndebele form of Joboringo) were both pronounced as Zhoboringo by foreigners in colonial days. Foreigners, especially during the colonial era pronounced vernacular words in their own accent.
In French ‘’Joseph’’ is pronounced ‘’Zhozef’’. The pronunciation (spelling) of a name is however not be the spelling of the name.
For example my name is Jason and it is pronounced as JAY-sun where JAY - rhymes with BAY or SAY. Someone at the registry office misspelt my name putting it as it is pronounced__ Jaison.
In French the name Jobelle is poronounced "zho-buhl" not "jo-bel" .
It will not be a surprise if the name Jambezi is a variation of the name Zambezi, for Jambezi is sometimes pronounced as Zhambezi. Jambezi is a village in Zimbabwe, Matabeleland North, close to the mighty Zambezi River.
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