Murehwa
Murehwa is a village, growth point and district 75 kilometers northeast from Harare.
It is situated along the Harare-Nyamapanda road, in Mashonaland East Province almost 1400 m above sea level.
Background:
The district of Murehwa stretches from Mt. Hanwa (10 km north of Macheke) in the south up to Uzumba in the north, Nyadire River NE and Nyaguvi SE of Murewa.
It is dominated by traditional African agriculture of the Shona people. Only the southern quarter of the area is covered with commercial farms, founded by European settlers. In that area there are three hilltop fortresses belonging to the Murehwa (Moyo) people, built in the later phase of the ancient Monomotapa State under the Chieftainship family of Murehwa, after 1500 AD.
Murehwa consists of simple public and private buildings. Both the village and the rowthpoint” and village have the character of a township.
Nearby there are the Murehwa Caves having three tunnels, some as short as 9 km, and other sites with rock paintings of the San. These paintings are at least 1000 years old.
