Mupandawana
| Mupandawana Mpandawana | |
|---|---|
  Mupandawana Location of Mupandawana | |
| Coordinates: 19°38′12″S 031°10′06″E / 19.63667°S 31.16833°ECoordinates: 19°38′12″S 031°10′06″E / 19.63667°S 31.16833°E | |
| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Region | Midlands |
| Province | Masvingo |
| District | Gutu |
| Elevation | 1,398 m (4,587 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 30,000 |
Mupandawana[1] is a town and the largest service centre in Gutu, Zimbabwe. In the early years of independent Zimbabwe's economic planning, Mupandawana was designated as a "growth point".[2] By 2012 the settlement had a population of over 30,000, and was recently granted town status.[3]
Infrastructure
The centre has a post office,[4] shops[2] banking services, schools and a hospital.[5] But there is no resident medical doctor.[5] There are paved streets,[2] including the main east-west road through the settlement.[6] Mupandawana has electricity.[5] Water for the town is supplied from Mushaviri dam. Mupandawana has several residential suburbs, namely: Old Location, Scomption, Hwiru (United Nations), Western suburbs and the newest development, Chomfuli low density suburb.
Notes
- ↑ Mupandawana Business Centre (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Saunyama, Jairos (17 March 2014). "Mupandawana, Jerera growth points still vibrant". The Zimbabwe Mail (Harare, Zimbabwe). Archived from the original on 4 April 2014.
- ↑ "lates tmupandawana-granted-town-status". The Herald (Harare, Zimbabwe). 28 April 2014.
- ↑ "ZimPost: Find a Post Office: Midlands Offices". Zimbabwe Posts. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Gutu Central Constituency". Parliament of Zimbabwe, Research Department. 2011. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014.
- ↑ Satellite imagery. "Mupandawana". Bing maps.