Mutare is the most populous city in the province of Manicaland, and the third most populous city in Zimbabwe, having surpassed Gweru in the 2012 census, with an urban population of 224, 802 and approximately 260, 567 in the surrounding districts giving the wider metropolitan area a total population of over 500, 000 people.
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Mutare is the capital of Manicaland province and the largest city in Eastern Zimbabwe.
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Mutare is hub for trade with railway links, pipeline transport and highways linking the coast with Harare and the interior.
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Mutare is home to several tourist attractions such as, the Mutare Museum, the Utopia House Museum dedicated to Kingsley Fairbridge, the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Murahwa Hill, known for its rock paintings and Iron Age village, Cross Kopje with a memorial to Zimbabweans and Mozambicans killed in World War I and a nature reserve Cecil Kopje and Tigers Kloof.
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Mutare is served by rail with daily passenger and freight links to Nyazura, Rusape and Harare.
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Mutare is generally a clean town with the city council collecting rubbish daily, most of the roads in the older parts of the city are paved, however, due to years of neglect and mismanagement and corruption, public infrastructure is in shambles with roads and street lighting in a critical state, there is a main park in the city just before the cricket grounds that is underutilised and not in good shape.
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Mutare is well connected by several roads which are asphalted and decent but potholes are increasingly common.
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Mutare is served by a small airport that is largely geared toward small aircraft and chartered flights.
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Main activities of the area are farming farming- forestry, dairy, horticulture, mining, manufacturing, services - the city's name Mutare is derived from "metal" Utare possibly gold which used to be smelted by the indigenous population for centuries - and forestry.
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Mutare has numerous hotels including Holiday Inn, Golden Peacock, Mountview, Eastgate and numerous lodges.
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Mutare has a vehicle assembly Quest which assembles Buses Trucks and other vehicles.
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Mutare has a small aerodrome that services small aircraft, helicopters.
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