The district's main town, Rusape, with an estimated population of 37,906 in 2022, is located approximately 170 kilometres (110 mi), by road, southeast of Harare, the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe .

The chief cash crop is tobacco.

[2] In 2002, the national census estimated the population of Makoni District at 151,596 people.

[3] In 2004, the district population was estimated at 272,578.

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