- Ruwa
Ruwa is a town in
Mashonaland East ,Zimbabwe , situated 22 km south-east ofHarare on the main Harare-Mutare highway and railway line. It serves as a small administrative and trading centre for the surrounding mixed farming area. In recent years it has grown rapidly and has become a popular area for people moving out of Harare.The Ruwa Rehabilitation Centre just outside the town was established in 1981 for the rehabilitation of disabled ex-combatants.
The
Ruwa Scout Park which hosted theCentral African Jamboree in 1959 is located nearby.Ruwa falls within the
Seke constituency and in the 2005 parliamentary election electedPhineas Chihota with a majority of over 6000 votes.In 1994, the
Ariel School in Ruwa was the site of an alleged sighting of aUFO [ [http://www.ufoevidence.org/Cases/case127.htm African Schoolchildren See Landed UFO and Occupant (Ariel School Sighting in Ruwa, Zimbabwe)] ] [ [http://www.johnemackinstitute.org/center/center_news.asp?id=314 Ariel School UFO Sighting Video: Production Underway in 2007] ] [ [http://www.hemuz.org/UFO/62-kids-encounter-UFOs-and-alien-beings 62 kids encounter UFO's and alien beings] ] .ources
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