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Marondera District

Coordinates: 18°15′0″S 31°30′0″E / 18.25000°S 31.50000°E / -18.25000; 31.50000
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Marondera District
Marandellas District
second-level administrative subdivision
Coordinates: 18°15′0″S 31°30′0″E / 18.25000°S 31.50000°E / -18.25000; 31.50000
CountryZimbabwe
ProvinceMashonaland East
DistrictMarondera
Population
 (2012)
 • Total199,607
Time zoneUTC+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

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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

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  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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