Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe

Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe, known more often as UMP is a district of Mashonaland East Province in Zimbabwe, southern Africa. It consists of the northern part of the pre-1969 larger Murehwa (Mrehwa) District and includes the village of Uzumba.[1] The area is inhabited by the Zezuru Shona people. The staple food crop is maize.[2]

UMP is divided into two legislative constituencies, Uzumba Constituency which consists of Nakiwa, Uzumba, Muswe, Nyadiri, and Karimbika;[3] and Maramba-Pfungwe Constituency which consists of the Mutawatawa, Borera, Dindi, Kafura, Chitsungo and Mutawatawa areas.[4] The area is very rural and undeveloped, "populated by poor peasant farmers who depend on subsistence farming",[3] with a high poverty level.[5]

Culture

The Mbende Jerusarema dance of the Zezuru Shona people of Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe is considered by UNESCO as an important part of the intangible culture of Zimbabwe.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Davies, D. Hywel & Wheeler, R. G. "Zimbabwe Administrative Areas (as used for the basis of the Enumeration Areas for the Population Census of 1982)". Central Statistical Office, the Department of the Surveyor-General, Zimbabwe. Archived from the original on 18 March 2007.
  2. ↑ Marambanyika, Thomas; Mutekwa, Timothy; Mutsiwegota, Cuthbert & Matsa, Mark (2010). "Contribution of Vegetable Farming to Househols Food Security and Rural Livelihoods in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe Communal Lands of Zimbabwe" (PDF). Social Sciences. Zimbabwe. 6: 88–98, page 89. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Uzumba Constituency Profile" (PDF). Parliament of Zimbabwe. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Maramba Pfungwe Constituency Profile" (PDF). Parliament of Zimbabwe. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Tafirenyika, Mugove (6 October 2013). "UMP: The forgotten hamlet". The Daily News. Harare, Zimbabwe. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Jerusarema Dance: Intangible heritage: UNESCO Multimedia Archives". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014.

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