Chivi District

Chivi
District
Typical mode of transport across the district.
Districts of Masvingo province
Masvingo constituency seats for the 2008, showing the division of Chivi (District)
Coordinates: 20°05′S 31°37′E / 20.083°S 31.617°E / -20.083; 31.617Coordinates: 20°05′S 31°37′E / 20.083°S 31.617°E / -20.083; 31.617
Country	Zimbabwe
Province	Masvingo
District	Chivi
Government
• Type	Rural Council
• Member of Parliament	Col. Claudious Makova,
Time zone	CAT (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+1)

Chivi a district in Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe.(a.k.a. KwaChivi) It is a semi-arid area which falls in agricultural regions 4 and 5. It is also the name of a mission station established in 1892 by Wedpohl, Neitz and Dietrich from Berlin, Germany. The district was known as Chibi in colonial times before 1980.

Geography

The district is located in the drought-prone region of the country, north of Mwenezi (District) and west of Masvingo (District). Much of the District is occupied by subsistence farmers. Because of low average rainfall, Government of Zimbabwe has established several small scale irrigation schemes for the populace to supplement their mearge harvests. It has many schools and noteworthy are Mission schools like Chibi High, Berejena Mission, Nyaningwe St. Lukes and other smaller day secondary schools. Dr Jephias Matunhu is from this District. below is a list of primary schools found in the District: Mushayi; Mpagamuri; Mawadze; Musvovi; Chomuruvati; St Marry, Nemauzhe; Berejena mission; Chikofa, Gwamatoto; Muvhundusi, Vundembe, Dombo, Mazorodze, Mangwana, Nyevedzana, Masund South, Masunda North, Chasiya; Matihwa, Mhosva etc. The District is seriously affected by climate change.

Government & politics

The district sends three members to Zimbabwe's House of Assembly. Each of the wards in the district has on elected official who works at the rural district council.

The district was divided into three sections for the 2008 elections, namely east, west and south. The district has been a stronghold of ZANU-PF since independence in 1980. All that changed in the elections of 2008 with the opposition led by Morgan Tsvangirai winning all the three seats, one with a razor thin margin.^[1][2]

Chivi South

Chivi south is made of wards 1, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 32. During the 2008 House of Assembly elections, Irvine Dzingirai(ZANU-PF), and Steven Chengeta (MDC(tsv)) ran for the seat. ZEC announced Dzingirai as the winner with a total of 7778 to 4234 of Chengeta.

The MP for Chivi Central is Munyarazi Paul Mangwana(Zanu-PF). He comes from Mangwana Village just 5 km from the Chivi Growth Point.

Chivi Central

Chivi East comprises wards 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, and 27. Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana(ZANU-PF), and Henry Chivanga (MDC(tsv)) ran for the seat for the house of assembly. According to ZEC, Mangwana won the seat with 8228 votes to 6471 polled by Chivanga.

Chivi North

The constituency seat is made up of eleven wards, namely 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, 23, and 32.

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