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| motto = | | motto = Guta reMadzimambo ({{wp|Shona language|weRwizi}})<br>City of Kings | ||
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Dzakakwirira]] | | subdivision_name1 = [[Dzakakwirira]] | ||
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===Golden age=== | ===Golden age=== | ||
[[File:Great-Zimbabwe.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Ruins of Old Munzwa, 1996]] | |||
By the fifteenth century, Munzwa had become one of the most influential cities in [[Bahia]], along the likes of [[Mina]], [[Maware]], [[Galassa]], and [[Kambou]], while it also became an intellectual centre in the [[Lourale ka Maoube|Kupokana Kwevakachenjera]]. As the seat of one of the most powerful [[Djaladjie#Axial Houregery|axial houregeries]] in the subcontinent, Munzwa would play a major role in not just the Kupokana Kwevakachenjera, but also in the [[Djaladjie|geopolitical system]] that existed during this period known as the [[Bahian Golden Age]]. | |||
During this period, Munzwa was a large city, with estimates of its population ranging from 100,000 people to 300,000 people, making it one of the largest cities in the Bahian subcontinent. | |||
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===Decline=== | ===Decline=== | ||
Revision as of 17:51, 14 February 2020
Munzwa | |
|---|---|
City | |
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| Motto(s): Guta reMadzimambo (weRwizi) City of Kings | |
| Country | File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru |
| District | Dzakakwirira |
| Founded | c. 850 CE |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mufaro Chimutengwende |
| Population (2011) | |
| • City | 296,341 |
| • Rank | 7th in Rwizikuru |
| • Urban | 296,341 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:45 (Rwizi Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3:45 (not observed) |
Munzwa is the seventh-largest city of Rwizikuru and the capital of the district of Dzakakwirira. Established around 850, it was originally a minor village along the Rwizikuru River, but with the rise of the veRwizi Empire, it became the main seat of power, which at its peak in the fifteenth century saw its influence stretch from Ahirengeïe (in present-day Mabifia) in the west, to TBD (in present-day Tabora) in the east.
After its conquest by the Kambou Empire, Munzwa was under brief control of the Kambou Empire before its sphere of influence waned, allowing
Etymology
The name Munzwa derives from the weRwizi word meaning "the thorn," which is believed to refer to a single specimen of the splendid thorn which was seen as a sign by chief Tamuka to establish a new geopolitical order to combat the spread of Irfan which was overwhelming the villages and threatening to destroy the village system.
History
Early history
While Munzwa was believed to have been first settled by humans around 600 BCE, it was abandoned around 200 BCE, resettled in 50 CE, before being abandoned again around 450 CE. Munzwa was only properly established around 850 CE, with legend saying that Tamuka saw a specimen of splendid thorn along the banks of the Rwizikuru River, and saw fit to establish a new settlement with which he would hope to combat the spread of Irfan and preserve Fetishism.
Over the next few centuries, as the Bahian Consolidation took place, Munzwa became one of the most important houregeries, as it was able to exert control over surrounding villages, who in turn exerted control over their surrounding villages, helping establish a system that would govern relations between the various axial houregeries to supplant the old system.
By 1160, the veRwizi Empire was established under chief Sikarudzi, who declared himself Mambo, or Karame. Over the centuries, as the veRwizi Empire grew, Munzwa remained the capital, and the main seat of power within the empire, due to its geographic position along the Rwizikuru River, which provided it with easy access to riverine trade, while its inland location protected it from attacks by sea, meaning it was only vulnerable to attacks by other houregeries, most notably the Kambou Empire.
Golden age
By the fifteenth century, Munzwa had become one of the most influential cities in Bahia, along the likes of Mina, Maware, Galassa, and Kambou, while it also became an intellectual centre in the Kupokana Kwevakachenjera. As the seat of one of the most powerful axial houregeries in the subcontinent, Munzwa would play a major role in not just the Kupokana Kwevakachenjera, but also in the geopolitical system that existed during this period known as the Bahian Golden Age.
During this period, Munzwa was a large city, with estimates of its population ranging from 100,000 people to 300,000 people, making it one of the largest cities in the Bahian subcontinent.
(TBC)
Decline
Colonial era
Contemporary era
Geography
Government
Like any city in Rwizikuru, it has an elected Mayor (weRwizi: meya) and an elected city council (kanzuru yeguta).
The city council comprises of nine members, each representing one of the city's eleven wards, and are elected every four years by all inhabitants of Munzwa over the age of 21, as stipulated in the Civic Decree of 1965 issued by Izibongo Ngonidzashe. The mayor is also elected in the same elections that elect the rest of the city council.
The current mayor is Mufaro Chimutengwende, first elected in 2016.
Population
As of the 2011 census, there were 296,341 people residing in Munzwa, making it the seventh largest city in Rwizikuru, between the cities of Rutendo in Zvakawanda, and Crogan in Dzakakwirira.
(TBC)
Culture
Due to its location along both the Rwizikuru River, and its historic role as being a major political and intellectual centre in Bahia, Munzwa has historically exerted a lot of cultural influence over much of southern Bahia.
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