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Rusape Coordinates: 18°55′13.45″S 32°07′15.92″E﻿ / ﻿18.9204028°S 32.1210889°E﻿ / -18.9204028; 32.1210889Coordinates: 18°55′13.45″S 32°07′15.92″E﻿ / ﻿18.9204028°S 32.1210889°E﻿ / -18.9204028; 32.1210889 Country Zimbabwe Province Manicaland District Rusape Established late 19th Century Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+1) Rusape is a town in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe with a population of around 20,000 as of 2004[update], situated on the Harare-Mutare main road, approximately 170 km south east of Harare and 93 km north west of Mutare. Rusape is a large, sprawling town that has not quite reached city status.

Origins of the Town's Name The name Rusape was derived from the word 'rusapwe', a word in the native Shona language of the Samanyika dialect, which means 'never dries out', with reference to the ever flowing waters of the Rusape River close to which the town was built.

[edit] Background As is typical of Zimbabwean towns, Rusape has areas of low and high density population. The main high density area close to the town is Vengere township. Other surbabs have also been built since the independence in 1980. Mabvazuva to the East of the town, and Tsanzaguru further out. Mabvazuva literally translates to where the sun rises (the East).There is also a new fast growing medium density surburb far east sprawling into the farm lands which is called Magamba Township.Its name stemmed from the nearby MAKONI DISTRICT HEROES ACRE. Tsanzaguru when translated to English means big concrete pebble, this name derived from the highly mountainous region in which Rusape is situated. According to the 1982 Population Census, the town had a population of 8,216. This rose to 13,920 in 1992. Typically noticeable in the surrounding region are the kopjes, msasa trees, occasional tobacco farms and the sometimes densely crowded rural resettlement villages. The settlement began in 1894 with the establishment of a British South Africa Company post on the Rusape River. A village grew around the post and during the First Chimurenga the village was attacked by Chief Mangwende.At Gwindingwi during the early days of the first Chimurenga Chief MAKONI was beheaded in front of his subjects and his head was taken to BRITAIN.There is also a ceremonial painting of the rock paintings at Diana's Vow.

Former Zimbabwean Cricketer Kevin Curran hails from Rusape.

Rusape's main piped water supply is from the purpose built Rusape Dam, which was built on the Rusape River. The river runs in a Nort West - South East direction on the town outskirts.

Present Developments Presently, the population has increased to about 30 000 residence thus the expansion of the Vengere high density area southward and the development of Silverbow low density area in the north-western area of the town. Rusape

[edit] Education Primary schools in Rusape John Cowie Junior School St Joseph's Primary School Vengere Primary School Highveld Primary School Mabvazuva Primary School Secondary schools in Rusape Vengere High St Joseph's Secondary School Tsanzaguru Secondary School Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusape" Categories: Populated places in Zimbabwe Hidden categories: Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2004 | All articles containing potentially dated statements Personal tools Take me back New features Tatenda Nemaisa My talk My preferences My watchlist My contributions Log out Namespaces Article Discussion VariantsViews Read Edit View history Watch ActionsSearch Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate Interaction About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Cite this page Print/export Create a book Download as PDF Printable version Languages Deutsch Polski Português Română