# Ward 23 Ward, Mount Darwin District – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-central/mount-darwin/ward-23/ Ward · Mount Darwin District # Ward 23 Ward 23 is a ward of Zimbabwe in Mount Darwin District, Mashonaland Central Province. It covers **68.8 km²**. Open map data shows 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 68.8km² - 1mapped service ## Where is Ward 23? Ward 23 lies in [Mount Darwin District](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-central/mount-darwin/), [Mashonaland Central Province](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-central/), [Zimbabwe](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/). It borders 7 other wards: [Ward 16](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-central/mount-darwin/ward-16/), [Ward 20](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-central/mount-darwin/ward-20/), [Ward 21](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-central/mount-darwin/ward-21/), [Ward 22](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-central/mount-darwin/ward-22/), [Ward 24](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-central/mount-darwin/ward-24/), [Ward 26](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-central/mount-darwin/ward-26/) and [Ward 39](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-central/mount-darwin/ward-39/). By area it is the 1322nd largest of 1,961 wards in Zimbabwe. It covers 1.5% of [Mount Darwin District](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-central/mount-darwin/). The centre of Ward 23 is about 132 km in a straight line from Harare, the capital. The centre point is at 16.7338° S, 31.5380° E. Source: [Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT Central Statistics Office via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-zwe). ## Know before you go: Ward 23 - Time zoneUTC+2, no daylight saving · Africa/Harare - CurrencyZimbabwe Gold (ZWG) - Country calling code+263 - LanguagesEnglish, Shona, South Ndebele, North Ndebele - Plug typesType G · 220 V - Driving sideLeft ### Nearest airports - Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE) · Harare141 km - Tete Airport (TET) · Tete235 km ### Daylight Days are longest in Dec (about 13.1 hours, sunrise around 05:15) and shortest in Jun (about 11.1 hours, sunrise around 06:19, sunset around 17:27). Source: [GeoNames country and time-zone files (CC BY 4.0)](https://www.geonames.org/); [Wikidata (CC0) — plug types, mains voltage, driving side; retrieved 2026-11-02](https://www.wikidata.org/); [OurAirports (public domain)](https://ourairports.com/data/). Airports with scheduled passenger flights; straight-line distances. Daylight is calculated for the 15th of each month in local standard time. Check entry and visa rules with official government sources before travelling. ## Landscape and landmarks of Ward 23 Named natural and historic features inside Ward 23, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 reservoir or tank. - Kokeza Dam Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Ward 23 and the best time to visit Using the climate of Mount Darwin District, the warmest month is Nov (average 27 °C) and the coolest is Jul (18 °C). About 688 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (191 mm) and the driest Aug (0 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **March to November**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 25 191 Feb 24 158 Mar 24 78 Apr 23 16 May 21 2 Jun 19 1 Jul 18 2 Aug 21 0 Sep 24 2 Oct 27 8 Nov 27 61 Dec 26 170 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Ward 23 Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Mount Darwin District Hospital · Ward 26 7.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.77566&mlon=31.58866#map=17/-16.77566/31.58866) Bank Agribank · Ward 26 6.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.77518&mlon=31.57725#map=17/-16.77518/31.57725) Hotel Panzvimbo · Ward 26 6.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.78105&mlon=31.57954#map=17/-16.78105/31.57954) School Ruya Adventist High School · Ward 23 3.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.71298&mlon=31.55710#map=17/-16.71298/31.55710) College Madziwa Teachers College · Ward 16 34 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-17.00423&mlon=31.68461#map=17/-17.00423/31.68461) Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km. ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Ward 23 Places mapped inside Ward 23 in open map data, by type. - Schools1 Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown. ## Other wards in Mount Darwin District - Ward 1 - Ward 10 - Ward 11 - Ward 12 - Ward 13 - Ward 14 - Ward 15 - Ward 16 - Ward 17 - Ward 18 - Ward 19 - Ward 2 - Ward 20 - Ward 21 - Ward 22 - Ward 24 - Ward 25 - Ward 26 - Ward 27 - Ward 28 - Ward 29 - Ward 3 - Ward 30 - Ward 31 - Ward 32 - Ward 33 - Ward 34 - Ward 35 - Ward 36 - Ward 37 - Ward 38 - Ward 39 - Ward 4 - Ward 40 - Ward 5 - Ward 6 - Ward 7 - Ward 8 - Ward 9 ## Quick answers - Where is Ward 23?In Mount Darwin District, Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe - What borders Ward 23?Ward 16, Ward 20, Ward 21, Ward 22, Ward 24, Ward 26 and Ward 39 - What time zone is Ward 23 in?UTC+2 - What currency is used in Ward 23?Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG) - What language is spoken in Ward 23?English, Shona, South Ndebele (main languages nationally) - How many reservoirs and tanks are in Ward 23?1 named in GeoNames - What is the best time to visit Ward 23?March to November - Where is the nearest hospital to Ward 23?Mount Darwin District Hospital, about 7.1 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Ward 23?Agribank, about 6.2 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Ward 23?ZW120523 (OCHA common operational dataset)