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Mashonaland East, informally Mash East, is a
Mashonaland East, informally Mash East, is a province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
. It has an area of 32,230 km2 and a population of approximately 1.35 million (2012). Marondera
Marondera (known as Marandellas until 1982) is a city in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, located about 72 km east of Harare.
History
It was first known as Marandella's Kraal, corrupted from Marondera, chief of the ruling VaRozvi people who ...
is the capital of the province.
Geography
Districts
Mashonaland East is divided into nine districts: * Chikomba *Goromonzi
Goromonzi is a rural community in East Mashonaland, Zimbabwe, southeast of the country's capital city of Harare
Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of ...
* Marondera
Marondera (known as Marandellas until 1982) is a city in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, located about 72 km east of Harare.
History
It was first known as Marandella's Kraal, corrupted from Marondera, chief of the ruling VaRozvi people who ...
* Mudzi
* Murehwa
Murewa (also spelled Mrewa or Muhrewa) is a township (and district) in Zimbabwe, 75 kilometers northeast from the capital of Harare, at the road to Tete (Mozambique). It is situated almost 1400 m above sea level. In 2002, the number of inhabitant ...
(Mrehwa)
* Mutoko
* Seke
Seke may refer to:
* Seke language (Nepal), a Sino-Tibetan language related to Thakali
* Seke language (Vanuatu) or Ske, an Oceanic language of Pentecost Island
* Seke District, a district in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe
* Seke Rural, a parliamenta ...
* Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe (UMP)
* Wedza
Wedza (or Hwedza) is a district in the province of Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. It is located about south of Marondera, and south of Harare. The area was sparsely inhabited by the Mbire people of the Soko Clan as early inhabitants who mined iron i ...
(Hwedza)
Education
See also
*Provinces of Zimbabwe
Provinces are constituent political entities of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe currently has ten provinces, two of which are cities with provincial status. Zimbabwe is a unitary state, and its provinces exercise only the powers that the central government c ...
* Districts of Zimbabwe
The Republic of Zimbabwe is broken down into 10 administrative provinces, which are divided into 59 districts and 1,200 wards.
Bulawayo Province
* Bulawayo
Harare Province
* Harare
Manicaland Province
* Buhera
* Chi ...
Notes
External links
* Provinces of Zimbabwe {{Zimbabwe-gov-stub