Name: Rusape
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.
[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). 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.
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