Masvingo District encampases metropolitan

Masvingo Masvingo is a city in south-eastern Zimbabwe and the capital of Masvingo Province. The city is situated close to Great Zimbabwe, the national monument from which the country takes its name and close to Lake Mutirikwi, its recreational park, th ...

, in

Masvingo Province Masvingo is a province in southeastern Zimbabwe. It has a population of 1.485 million as of the 2012 census, ranking fifth out of Zimbabwe's ten provinces. Established as Victoria Province by the British South Africa Company, it was one of the ...

in southern

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 ...

. The district boasts of the

Great Zimbabwe National Monument Great Zimbabwe is a medieval city in the south-eastern hills of Zimbabwe near Lake Mutirikwi and the town of Masvingo. It is thought to have been the capital of a great kingdom during the country's Late Iron Age about which little is known. Con ...

among its list of tourist attractions.

Lake Kyle Lake Mutirikwi, formerly known as Lake Kyle or Kyle Dam, lies in south eastern Zimbabwe, south east of Masvingo. It is thought to have been named Lake Kyle, from the Kyle farm which occupied most of the land required for the lake, which in turn w ...

is also nearby. The people in the district are mostly rural, communal farmers. Mushandike Co-op. is found in the district, in which the villagers use the water from

Tokwe River The Tokwe River is a river in southeastern Zimbabwe. It is a tributary of the Runde River The Runde River (formerly Lundi River) is a river in southeastern Zimbabwe. It is a tributary of the Save River and its major tributaries include the Ng ...

to irrigate their patches of land. Ngomahuru Hospital which is the second largest Psychiatric hospital in the country (after Ingutsheni) is also located.

Government & Politics

General Elections 2008

The district has been divided into fives sectors for the general elections of 2008. Candidates from both the MDC and ZANU-PF and independents will compete for the five constituency seats available and winners will go on to represent the district in

's new

House of Assembly House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at a subnational level. Historically, in British Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal responsible governme ...

Magogo Andrew (Independent), Mhere Edward ( Zanu-PF), Chitando Jefferson (

MDC Tsvangirai MDC may refer to: Arts *Macau Design Centre, an art center in Macau *MDC (band) (Millions of Dead Cops), an American rock band *'' M.D.C. - Maschera di cera'', a 1997 Italian horror film * Marinette Dupain-Cheng, the protagonist of Miraculous: Ta ...

), Mukwazhe Munodei ( ZDP), Mutume Mike ( UPP) are vying for the Masvingo central seat, while in the north seat there is Mudenge Stan ( Zanu-PF), Chidhodha Alois Makamure ( UPP), Mutemere Wilstss (

), Gobo Simbarashe (Independent) and to the south there is Chinoda Willington (Independent), Mzembi Walter ( Zanu-PF), nad Matongo Lovemore (

). In Masvingo urban, there is Mudzume Joburg (

MDC Mutambara MDC may refer to: Arts *Macau Design Centre, an art center in Macau *MDC (band) (Millions of Dead Cops), an American rock band *'' M.D.C. - Maschera di cera'', a 1997 Italian horror film *Marinette Dupain-Cheng, the protagonist of Miraculous: Tal ...

), Joosbie Omar ( Zanu-PF), Tavarera Tinashe ( UPP), Matutu Tongai (

) and to there west there is Mbudzi Kudzai (Independent), Shava Jephias ( UPP), Mbetu Jabulani ( Zanu-PF), and Mharadza Tachiona (

)Candidate List (accessed 18 February 2008)

References

Districts of Masvingo Province {{Zimbabwe-geo-stub

Government & Politics

General Elections 2008

See also

References