Mbire District

Mbire District
second-level administrative subdivision
CountryZimbabwe
ProvinceMashonaland Central
Area
 • Total4,696 km2 (1,813 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census)
 • Total83,720
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (CEST)

Mbire District is a district of the Province Mashonaland Central in Zimbabwe.[1][2] It is the namesake of the early dinosaur Mbiresaurus, which was discovered in Mbire District.[3]

  1. ^ "Zimbabwe: Administrative Division". City Population. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Census 2012" (PDF). UNSD. UNSD. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. ^ Griffin, Christopher T.; Wynd, Brenen M.; Munyikwa, Darlington; Broderick, Tim J.; Zondo, Michel; Tolan, Stephen; Langer, Max C.; Nesbitt, Sterling J.; Taruvinga, Hazel R. (8 September 2022). "Africa's oldest dinosaurs reveal early suppression of dinosaur distribution". Nature. 609 (7926): 313–319. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05133-x. ISSN 0028-0836.