Ruwa
Ruwa is a town in Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe, situated 23 km south-east of the capital Harare on the main Harare-Mutare highway and railway line.- Type: Town with 22,000 residents
- Description: town in Harare Province, Zimbabwe
- Also known as: “Gari”
Ruwa
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-17.8972° or 17° 53′ 50″ south
Longitude
31.2371° or 31° 14′ 14″ east
Population
22,000
Elevation
1,562 metres (5,125 feet)
Open location code
5GJH463P+4R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Zulu—“Ruwa” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ruwa”
- Bavarian: “Ruwa”
- Cebuano: “Ruwa”
- Chinese: “魯瓦”
- Chinese: “鲁瓦”
- Danish: “Ruwa”
- Dutch: “Ruwa”
- French: “Ruwa”
- German: “Ruwa”
- Hausa: “Ruwa”
- Italian: “Ruwa”
- Japanese: “ルワ”
- Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Ruwa”
- Polish: “Ruwa”
- Portuguese: “Ruwa”
- Romanian: “Ruwa”
- Russian: “Рува”
- Swahili: “Ruwa”
- Turkish: “Ruwa”
- Ukrainian: “Рува (Зімбабве)”
- Ukrainian: “Рува”
- Urdu: “رووا”
- Zulu: “Ruwa”
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Places to explore: Fairview Park and Zimre Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Ruwa Local Board and SDA RUWA CHURCH.
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