Mutare, known as Umtali until 1982, is the capital of Manicaland Province and Zimbabwe's third largest city, near the border with Mozambique. It functions as a major trade hub with rail, pipeline and highway links connecting the port of Beira to Harare and the country's interior, with an economy centred on timber, papermaking, food processing and transport; the city was founded in 1897, granted city status in 1971, and had an urban population of 224,802 at the 2022 census.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude18.972778 degrees south 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Mutare (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 224,804 (2022)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -18.972778, longitude 32.669444
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1120 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 224804 (2022)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Mutare - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 884979
-18.9707 32.67086 P PPLA ZW 01 224802 1116 Africa/Harare
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1116 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -18.75, 32.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -18.75, 32.75
-18.75 32.75 Cwa
Wikidata: Mutare
Wikidata Q399322, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Mutare (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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