Zaka (District)

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Zaka District
—  District  —
Districts of Masvingo province
Districts of Masvingo province
Masvingo constituency seats for the 2008, showing the division of Zaka (District)
Masvingo constituency seats for the 2008, showing the division of Zaka (District)
Coordinates: 20°05′S 31°37′E / -20.083, 31.617
Country Zimbabwe
Province Masvingo
District Zaka
19th century
Government
 - Type Rural Council
Time zone CAT (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+1)

Zaka is a district in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe and is located 86km south-east from Masvingo in the Ndanga communal land. The village was established in 1923 and lies in a very low-lying area hence the Shona derived name kwo-ka-zaka which means to where it is going down.

[edit] Background

Zaka district is a typical small-holder farming area, with poor soils and fickle rainfall. Farmers grow mainly sorghum and cowpea, which tolerate drought better than most crops.

[edit] Health care

There is a high prevelance of HIV/AIDS in the district. An estimated 43 percent of the population has the disease. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ HIV/AIDS[1]

Coordinates: 20°21′S, 31°27′E