Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe Rural District Council

Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe Rural District Council lies in the north-eastern part of Zimbabwe, stretching for about 120km in a Southwest-Northeast direction. The district is located in Mashonaland East province about 164 km north-east of Harare. The district’s entire 2 660km2 is wholly communal and is currently divided into seventeen (17) administrative wards. 

Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe Zvataida Rural District Council was formed in 1982 according to the RDC Act (Chapter 29:13). Mazowe River marks the boundary between UMP and Rushinga and Shamva districts to the north and west respectively. On the eastern sides of Nyadire lie Mudzi (northeast) and Mutoko (southeast). To the south of UMP (boundary Muhume River) lies Murewa District. The district comprises of 3 distinct areas: Uzumba, Maramba, and Pfungwe. The district covers a total area of 267,370ha this is distributed across the 3 subareas of the district as follows, Uzumba 108,90km2, Maramba 42,900km2 and Pfungwe 11,480km2. UMP RDC has 30,246 households with an average size of 4 individuals per household. UMP RDC is a spoke council mentored by Murehwa RDC