Marondera District
Marondera District
Marandellas District | |
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second-level administrative subdivision | |
 Shopping centre in Marondera | |
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| Coordinates: 18°15′0″S 31°30′0″E / 18.25000°S 31.50000°E | |
| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Province | Mashonaland East |
| District | Marondera |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 199,607 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (CEST) |
Marondera, originally known as Marandellas, is a district of Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe, in southern Africa.[1][2][3] It is located in the eastern part of Zimbabwe, and covers an unknown area. The district capital is the town of Marondera, which is also the provincial capital.
Geography
[edit]Marondera District is divided into four parliamentary constituencies: Marondera East constituency, Marondera West constituency, Marondera Central constituency, and a small northern portion of Wezda North constituency (most of which is in Wedza District). Marondera Central comprises only Marondera Town.[4] Marondera West constituency comprises the Chihota communal area and includes the business centres at Mahusekwa, Chiwanzamarara and Manyaira.[5] Marondera East constituency comprises the Svosve communal lands, and the Rhodesclarke, Chitangazuva, Waddilove, Musi and Mukute, Surrey and Dambi Estates areas.[6]
Rivers in the district include the Save, the Mtoromanzi, and the Nyakambiri.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Marondera District (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Zimbabwe. Chegutu. Sheet SE-36-09 (Map) (1990 ed.). 1:250,0000. Surveyor General, Zimbabwe. Archived from the original on 18 March 2007.
- ^ Zimbabwe. Mutare. Sheet SE-36-10 (Map) (1974 ed.). 1:250,0000. Surveyor General, Zimbabwe. Archived from the original on 18 March 2007.
- ^ "Marondera Central constituency" (PDF). Research Department, Parliament of Zimbabwe. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Marondera West constituency" (PDF). Research Department, Parliament of Zimbabwe. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Marondera East constituency" (PDF). Research Department, Parliament of Zimbabwe. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2014.
External links
[edit]- "Marondera District Map" (PDF). United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2014.
- "Photo: Site for the new Chitungwiza-Marondera District parsonage". Great Plains United Methodists. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014.
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