Mutasa District is one of seven districts in Manicaland Province of Zimbabwe. Mutasa District is located 30 km northeast of Mutare and stretches up to the Honde Valley, which is about 100 km northeast of Mutare along a tarred road that branches off the Nyanga road.

Mutasa District has an area of 2,548 km². Watsomba is the administrative headquarters. The district is bounded on the south and southwest by Mutare District, on the west by Makoni District, on the north by Nyanga District, and on the east and southeast by Mozambique.

The Nyanga Mountains occupy the northern portion of the district, and a portion of Nyanga National Park is in the district. Mount Nyangani (2,592 m) is the highest peak in Zimbabwe.

The northeastern corner of the district is in the upper watershed of the Gairezi River, which originates on Mt Nyangani and flows northward to meet the Zambezi.

The Pungwe River also originates on Mount Nyangani. The Honde Valley lies south of the Nyanga Mountains and is drained by the Honde River, a tributary of the Pungwe. South of the Honde Valley, a range whose highest peaks are Mt Rupere (2,030 m) and Mt Chinyamariro (1900 m) divides the Honde valley from the Nyamkukwarara Valley, which is drained by the Nyamkukwarara River, another Pungwe tributary. Steep-sided Mt Gurungwe (1,885 m), on the Mozambican border, bounds the Nyamkukawara Valley on the east. The Pungwe, Honde, and Nyamkukwarara all drain northeastwards into Mozambique.

The western part of the district lies in the upper basin of the Odzi River, a tributary of the Save River. Osborne Dam is on the Odzi.

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Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutasa_District
Wikidata ID:	Q11990288
GeoNames ID:	884977

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