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Gweru, originally known as Gwelo, is a city in central Zimbabwe.It is on the centre of Midlands Province.Originally an area known to the Ndebele as "The Steep Place" because of the Gweru River's high banks, in 1894 it became the site of a military outpost established by Leander Starr Jameson. [2]
Gweru District, district number three of the 61 in Zimbabwe has Gweru City the 3rd largest city in Zimbabwe as its capital. Gweru City is also Midlands provincial capital. It is located 164 km northeast of Bulawayo and 275 km south-west-south of Harare via Mvuma ( A17 Highway ) or 278 km via Kwekwe ( A5 Highway ).
Lower Gwelo is a developed communal settlement in the Midlands province, Zimbabwe and is located about 40km north-west of Gweru, and stretches a further 50 km to the west. Lower gwelo was initially called Somabhula and later became Somabhula ekhanyayo after the establishment of Seventh day adventist missions stations that covered the entire area.
The name Gweru is a further distortion of the name Gwelo which was a distortion of the name Ikwelo meaning a very steep place where one would usually use a ladder upwards or downwards. Itself a distortion of the original Kalanga name of Gwelu an abbreviation of Gwelumatjena meaning the river of white stones.
The Republic of Zimbabwe is broken down into 10 administrative provinces, which are divided into 64 districts and 1,970 wards. Districts of Zimbabwe Bulawayo Province
Cities in Zimbabwe [1]; City Province Census 1982 Census 1992 Census 2002 Census 2012 Census 2022 Harare: Harare: 656,011 1,189,103 1,435,784 1,485,231
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The Districts of Zimbabwe are divided into 1,970 municipal wards as of 2023. The wards based on the 2008 delimitation are found at List of wards of Zimbabwe (2008). This list follows the 2023 Delimitation Report finalized in February 2023. [1] Wards are stated by constituency, under each province. Detailed descriptions of the ward and ...