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The town hosts a hospital; the Filabusi District Hospital and a high school, the Filabusi High School. There are two private surgeries and a retail pharmacy. Filabusi is also home to
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was also mined at Pangani and Croft. However all these large scale mining operations are now closed, with mining in the district limited to small scale
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ranching, with some small-scale farming (see photo), the latter mainly on land expropriated from Caucasian settlers, as part of the
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The 2012 national population census put the population of Filabusi at 1,756 inhabitants.
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The geology of the Filabusi Greenstone Belt and surrounding granitic terrain
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and a service centre for the surrounding mining and farming areas.
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Farming area near Filabusi
Filabusi is located in Zimbabwe
20°31′46″S 29°17′12″E / 20.52944°S 29.28667°E / -20.52944; 29.28667

Zimbabwe
Province
Matabeleland South
Districts of Zimbabwe
Insiza District
Time zone
UTC+2
CAT
Climate
BSh
Matabeleland South Province
Zimbabwe
Insiza District
Mbalabala–Mutare Road
Bulawayo
Zvishavane
Zvishavane District
weir
Insiza River
gold
Nickel
Bindura Nickel Corporation
Asbestos
artisanal gold mining
Agriculture
cattle

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