Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport
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Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport is an airport in Bulawayo
, Zimbabwe
. There are 2 airlines currently operating out of Bulawayo Airport. Air Zimbabwe and South African Airways. Originally having been known as Bulawayo Airport, it was renamed in honor of Joshua Nkomo
, the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union
.
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...
, 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...
. There are 2 airlines currently operating out of Bulawayo Airport. Air Zimbabwe and South African Airways. Originally having been known as Bulawayo Airport, it was renamed in honor of Joshua Nkomo
Joshua Nkomo
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union and a member of the Kalanga tribe...
, the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union
Zimbabwe African People's Union
The Zimbabwe African People's Union was a militant organization and political party that fought for the national liberation of Zimbabwe from its founding in 1961 until it merged with the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front in December 1987....
.