Zvimba District is a district of Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe.

Location

The district is located in

Mashonaland West Mashonaland West is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 57,441 km² and a population of approximately 1.5 million (2012). Chinhoyi is the capital of the province. Districts Mashonaland West is divided into 7 districts: * Chegutu * ...

Province, in central northern Zimbabwe. Zvimba District is bordered by Guruve District to the north, Mazowe District to the east, the city of Harare to the southeast,

Chegutu District Chegutu District is a district of Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe. The district headquarters is located in Chegutu, a city which lies of the Harare-Bulawayo Road, (Highway A-5). Location The district is located in Mashonaland West Province, ...

to the south,

Kadoma District Kadoma District is a Districts of Zimbabwe, district in Zimbabwe. Location The district is located in Mashonaland West, Mashonaland West Province, one of the 10 administrative provinces in Zimbabwe. Its chief city, Kadoma, Zimbabwe, Kadoma, with an ...

to the southwest and

Makonde District Makonde District is a district in Zimbabwe. Location The district is located in Mashonaland West Province, in north central Zimbabwe. Its main town, Chinhoyi, with an estimated population of 61,739 people in 2004, is located about , by road, northw ...

to the west and northwest. Its main town,

Murombedzi Murombedzi is a town in Zimbabwe. Location Murombedzi, also known as Murombedzi Growth Point, is a small town in Zvimba District, Mashonaland West Province, in central northern Zimbabwe. The town lies about , by road, south of the town of Chinh ...

, is located about by road west of Harare, the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The district lies about by road, south of the town of Chinhoyi,

, the nearest large town.

History of Chief Zvimba mtorashanga

The Zvimba chieftainship was founded by Neuteve Chihobvu who migrated from Guru Uswa. When he arrived in the area now known as Zvimba he complained that his feet were swollen, (Nda zvimba makumbo). He was thereafter called Zvimba. The land now called Zvimba then belonged to the Rozvi tribe then headed by Tambare. Tambare allocated the land to Neuteve (Zvimba). Neuteve became the first chief Zvimba.

Overview

Zvimba District is primarily a farming and

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district. Crops raised include tobacco, maize and cotton. Cattle are raised for

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s and beef.

Education

A fair number of primary and secondary schools are located in Zvimba District, the most well-known being a private, selective school called

Cornway College Cornway College is a private, co-educational, day and boarding school in Mount Hampden, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe, which is 16.5 kilometres from the Harare Central Business District. Cornway College was established in 2006 at its present loc ...

in Mt. Hampden on the outskirts of Zvimba and in very close proximity to Harare.

Kutama College Kutama College (officially St Francis Xavier College) is a private Catholic independent boarding high school near Norton, Zimbabwe in the Zvimba area, 80 kilometres southwest of Harare. Grown out of a Mission station founded in 1914 and run by t ...

previously known as (St Francis Xavier College) is an all-boys high school located near the town of Norton in the Zvimba area, 80 kilometres southwest of the Zimbabwean capital Harare.

Population

The current population of Zvimba District is 263 020 according to the last census of 2012. Of this population 50. 2 per cent are male while females constitute the remaining 49.8 per cent. By population size, Zvimba Rural District is the second largest in Mashonaland West after Hurungwe and has 17.5 per cent of the total provincial population. The 2017 ZimStats population projections state that by 2020 Zvimba will have around 161 660 males and 155 931 females respectively.

Notable people

* James Chikerema * Sabina Mugabe * Tobaiwa Mudede * Faber Chidarikire *

Robert Gabriel Mugabe Robert Gabriel Mugabe (; ; 21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the Z ...

* Thompson Samkange * Stanlake J. W. T. Samkange *

August Msarurgwa August Musarurwa (usually identified as August Msarurgwa on record labels) was the Zimbabwean composer of the 1950s hit tune "Skokiaan" (also known as Skokiyana, Skokian). History August Musarurwa was born and raised in the Zvimbamap district of ...

References

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