Dzivarasekwa is a
constituency
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of the
National Assembly
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of the
Parliament of Zimbabwe
The Parliament of Zimbabwe is the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Zimbabwe composed of the Senate of Zimbabwe, Senate and the National Assembly of Zimbabwe, National Assembly. The Senate is the upper house, and consists of 80 members, 60 o ...
. It is located primarily in the
Dzivarasekwa suburb in the western part of
Harare
Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan ...
and covers the traditional territory and land beyond Dzivarasekwa river commonly known as Dzivarasekwa Extension. It is home to Dzivarasekwa Barracks, which houses the
Presidential Guard
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*President Guard Regiment (Bangladesh)
*Presidential Guard Regiment (Turkey)
*Presidential Guard (Greece)
*Presidential Guard (Belarus)
*Presidential Guard (South Vietnam)
*President's Own Guard Regiment (Ghana)
* ...
. It is currently represented by
Edwin Mushoriwa of the
Movement for Democratic Change Alliance
The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance was an electoral coalition of seven political parties formed to contest Zimbabwe's 2018 general election. After the 2018 election, a dispute arose over the use of the name MDC Alliance leading the MDC ...
.
References
{{Parliamentary constituencies in Harare
Harare
Parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe