Mutoko

Mutoko is a small town in Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe, about 143 kilometres from Harare. It was set up as an administrative station in 1911, takes its name from the local chief Mutoko, and is the capital of Mutoko District, home to the Buja people. The surrounding area is mountainous, an important source of granite, and farmed for maize, cotton, beans, tomatoes and mangoes, so the district is regarded as one of the country's breadbaskets. Nearby Mutemwa had one of the few leprosy treatment centres in the country, where John Bradburne worked from 1969. The 2012 census counted 12,336 residents.