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Ruwa

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Place details

Locality: Ruwa
Region: Mashonaland East
Country: Zimbabwe
Population: 94,083
Timezone: Africa/Harare

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Ruwa
Settlement.settlement_type: town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Zimbabwe
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 190
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Zimbabwe
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Harare Province
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.area_total_km2: 40.4
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022 census
Settlement.population_total: 94083
Settlement.population_density_km2

Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Country: Zimbabwe
Located in: Mashonaland East Province
Population: +22038
Elevation: +1562
Time zone: UTC+02:00

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UFO sighting
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Ruwa is a town in Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe, situated 23 km south-east of the capital Harare on the main Harare-Mutare highway and railway line. Ruwa falls within the Harare metropolitan Province and was officially established as a Growth Point in 1986 in terms of the Acts, Income Tax Chapter and Sales Tax Chapter. It was granted the Local board status through a warrant in 1990.

==History== In the 1890s commercial farming began in the area and a small trading post Ruwa was established to serve as an administrative and trading centre for the mixed farming community. Its first local authority, the Bromley-Ruwa Rural Council (BRRC) was set up in 1950.