Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe is located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on Leopold Takawira Avenue. Officially opened in 1964, the museum contains exhibits illustrating the history, mineral wealth and wildlife of Zimbabwe, including the second largest mounted elephant in the world. The Director is Rudo Sithole. Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with a population in 2009 of 1,500,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland. The capital of Matabeleland North is now Lupane, as Bulawayo is a stand-alone province.