page_title: Mutare
section_title: Suburbs
hierarchical_section_title: Mutare / Suburbs
caption_attribution_description: English: Holy Trinity Catholic Cathedral in Mutare Zimbabwe.
context_page_description: Mutare is the fourth largest city in Zimbabwe, with an urban population of approximately 188,243 and rural population of approximately 260,567. It is the capital of Manicaland province.
context_section_description: Mutare, like most cities in Zimbabwe, classifies residential suburbs according to the population density.
  The most upscale suburbs (low-density suburbs) such as Murambi, Hillside, Fairbridge Park (named after the founder of the present site of Mutare), Morningside and Tiger's Kloof are located on the north end of the city along the foothills.
  Low to medium density suburbs Palmerston, Darlington, Greenside, and Bordervale are east of the city center, near the border with Mozambique.
  In the west are the medium-density suburbs of Yeovil, Westlea and Florida (and Train Houses), as well as the high density suburb of Chikanga, which was constructed in phases (Phase 1; 2; 3) beginning in the late eighties.
  Further west of Chikanga lies the Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle and Hobhouse. South of the railway track lies the high-density suburb of Sakubva, which contains nearly half of the city's population despite an area of less than four square miles. Sakubva is considered to be the poorest of Mutare's suburbs, and its economy is centred around a large outdoor food and flea market-and the "Musika weHuku" (The chicken market).
  A few miles to the south, hidden from view from the rest of the city by a series of hills, is the high-density suburb of Dangamvura. The low-density areas of Weirmouth (Plots) and Fern valley are also on the southern outskirts of the city; in these areas residential lots exceed an acre, and market gardening is an economic activity. In fern valley there is also the new state university, Manicaland college of applied Sciences.
  Further to the south along the road to Masvingo and outside the city limits is the high-density town of Zimunya. Mutare's main industrial areas are south of the railway and west of Sakubva, although there is also some light industry just east of the southern part of the city centre at "Greenmarket" and surrounding areas.
  These are some of the suburbs of Mutare.
caption: Mutare catholic church
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