Chivi District
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| Coordinates: 20°05′S 31°37′E / 20.083°S 31.617°E | |
| Country | Zimbabwe |
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| Province | Masvingo |
| District | Chivi |
| 19th century | |
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| - 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. 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.
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[edit] Geography
The district is located in the dry prone region of the country, north of Mwenezi (District) and west of Masvingo (District). Consequently, like most districts in the province, the residents of Chivi are perennially stalked by hunger, as most crops do not do well each farming season.[1]
[edit] 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. [2][3]
[edit] 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.
[edit] Chivi Central
Bikita East comprises wards 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, and 27. 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.
[edit] Chivi North
The cosntituency seat is made up of eleven ward, namely 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, 23, and 32.
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