▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁there ▁were ▁two ▁che ese ▁fact ories ▁in ▁operation . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁a ▁third ▁che ese ▁factory ▁was ▁open ▁in ▁the ▁town ▁but ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁saw ▁the ▁three ▁fact ories ▁being ▁am alg am ated ▁to ▁form ▁one ▁large ▁factory . ▁Che ese ▁production ▁at ▁this ▁facility ▁continued ▁until ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁D ai rib ord ▁Z imb ab we ▁under ▁D ai rib ord ▁Hold ings ▁opened ▁a ▁da iry ▁factory ▁making ▁ster il ized ▁milk ▁" ster i " ▁at ▁ 3 2 3 ▁Fer re ira ▁Street . ▁The ▁area ▁around ▁Ch ip inge ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁place ▁to ▁grow ▁tea ▁in ▁Z imb ab we , ▁when ▁G raft on ▁and ▁Florence ▁Phill ips ▁sm ugg led ▁se eds ▁from ▁Ass am ▁in ▁British ▁India ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁while ▁coffee ▁was ▁introduced ▁on ▁a ▁small ▁scale ▁but ▁was ▁not ▁successful ▁until ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁when ▁a ▁coffee ▁experimental ▁station ▁was ▁established . ▁ ▁Population ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁Population ▁Census , ▁the ▁town ▁has ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 1 1 , 5 8 2 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁town ' s ▁population ▁was ▁estimated ▁at ▁ 1 8 , 8 6 0 . ▁The ▁results ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁census ▁indicate ▁ 2 5 , 6 7 5 ▁residents ▁in ▁Ch ip