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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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A fair number of primary and secondary schools are located in Zvimba District, the most well-known being a private, selective school called
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headed by Tambare. Tambare allocated the land to Neuteve (Zvimba). Neuteve became the first chief Zvimba.
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in Mt. Hampden on the outskirts of Zvimba and in very close proximity to Harare.
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Province, in central northern Zimbabwe. Zvimba District is bordered by
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Zvimba District (light green) in Mashonaland West Province
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Zvimba District (light green) in Mashonaland West Province
17°42′S 30°12′E / 17.700°S 30.200°E / -17.700; 30.200
Zimbabwe
Province
Mashonaland West
Mashonaland West Province
Mashonaland West
Guruve District
Mazowe District
Harare
Chegutu District
Kadoma District
Makonde District
Murombedzi
Chinhoyi
Makonde District
farming
ranching
tobacco
maize
cotton
dairy products
beef
Cornway College
Kutama College
James Chikerema
Sabina Mugabe
Tobaiwa Mudede
Faber Chidarikire
Robert Gabriel Mugabe

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