# Ward 17 Ward, Mudzi District, Mashonaland East Province > Source: https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-east/mudzi/ward-17/ Ward · Mudzi District # Ward 17 Ward 17 is a ward of Zimbabwe in Mudzi District, Mashonaland East Province. It covers **480.2 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 480km² - 2mapped services - 436 mtypical elevation ## Where is Ward 17? Ward 17 lies in [Mudzi District](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-east/mudzi/), [Mashonaland East Province](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-east/), [Zimbabwe](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/). It borders 4 other wards: [Ward 1](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-east/mudzi/ward-1/), [Ward 1](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-central/rushinga/ward-1/), [Ward 11](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-east/mudzi/ward-11/) and [Ward 2](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-east/mudzi/ward-2/). By area it is the 140th largest of 1,961 wards in Zimbabwe. It covers 11.5% of [Mudzi District](https://wherepedia.org/zimbabwe/mashonaland-east/mudzi/). The centre of Ward 17 is about 216 km in a straight line from Harare, the capital. The centre point is at 16.8169° S, 32.7893° 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 17 - 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 - Tete Airport (TET) · Tete120 km - Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE) · Harare219 km ### Daylight Days are longest in Dec (about 13.1 hours, sunrise around 05:10) and shortest in Jun (about 11.1 hours, sunrise around 06:14, sunset around 17:22). 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. ## Villages and localities in Ward 17 Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Ward 17. - Mafuto Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). ## Landscape and landmarks of Ward 17 Named natural and historic features inside Ward 17, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - Nyabbawe ### Hills and mountains 4 mountains; 4 hills. - Dzwire · 1,063 m - Nyakamugo · 1,063 m - Manyama · 848 m - Nyamanyenyedzi · 842 m - Chitomba · 840 m - Bereru · 795 m - Kapangara · 706 m - Buyaimoyo · 614 m 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 17 and the best time to visit Using the climate of Mudzi District, the warmest month is Nov (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jul (20 °C), after allowing for this place being about 351 m lower than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 763 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (203 mm) and the driest Aug (1 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **March to September**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 27 203 Feb 27 171 Mar 26 87 Apr 25 17 May 23 4 Jun 21 2 Jul 20 3 Aug 23 1 Sep 26 3 Oct 29 10 Nov 29 74 Dec 28 188 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Ward 17 Need Nearest mapped Distance Petrol pump Total · Ward 1 18 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.96401&mlon=32.85319#map=17/-16.96401/32.85319) Hotel The Pumpkin Hotel · Ward 10 25 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-17.00187&mlon=32.66249#map=17/-17.00187/32.66249) School St Pius Primary School · Ward 17 8.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.74320&mlon=32.80498#map=17/-16.74320/32.80498) 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 17 Places mapped inside Ward 17 in open map data, by type. - Schools2 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 Mudzi District - Ward 1 - Ward 10 - Ward 11 - Ward 12 - Ward 13 - Ward 14 - Ward 15 - Ward 16 - Ward 18 - Ward 2 - Ward 3 - Ward 4 - Ward 5 - Ward 6 - Ward 7 - Ward 8 - Ward 9 ## Quick answers - Where is Ward 17?In Mudzi District, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe - What borders Ward 17?Ward 1, Ward 1, Ward 11 and Ward 2 - What time zone is Ward 17 in?UTC+2 - What currency is used in Ward 17?Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG) - What language is spoken in Ward 17?English, Shona, South Ndebele (main languages nationally) - How many villages are in Ward 17?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the highest point in Ward 17?Dzwire (1,063 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Ward 17?March to September - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Ward 17?Total, about 18 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Ward 17?ZW130517 (OCHA common operational dataset)