Chinhoyi

Chinhoyi is located on the western banks of the Manyame River in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe.

Chinhoyi is the provincial capital of Mashonaland West Province and the district headquarters of Makonde District.

The town was established as Sinoia in 1906 by Lieutenant Margherito Guidotti, who encouraged ten Italian families to settle there.

Chinhoyi has a small airport for private planes called Chinhoyi Airstrip, located about 16 kilometres southeast of the central business district.

The main cave in the Chinhoyi Caves contains a pool of cobalt blue water known as Sleeping Pool or Chirorodziva.