Marondera District

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.

Marondera District
Marandellas District
second-level administrative subdivision
Coordinates: 18°15′0″S 31°30′0″E
CountryZimbabwe
ProvinceMashonaland East
DistrictMarondera
Population
 (2012)
 • Total199,607
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (CEST)

Geography

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
  1. Marondera District (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. Zimbabwe. Chegutu. Sheet SE-36-09 (Map) (1990 ed.). 1:250,0000. Surveyor General, Zimbabwe. Archived from the original on 18 March 2007.
  3. Zimbabwe. Mutare. Sheet SE-36-10 (Map) (1974 ed.). 1:250,0000. Surveyor General, Zimbabwe. Archived from the original on 18 March 2007.
  4. "Marondera Central constituency" (PDF). Research Department, Parliament of Zimbabwe. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2014.
  5. "Marondera West constituency" (PDF). Research Department, Parliament of Zimbabwe. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2014.
  6. "Marondera East constituency" (PDF). Research Department, Parliament of Zimbabwe. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2014.
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