Marondera, originally known as Marandellas, is a city in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, located about 72 kilometres east of Harare. It was first known as Marandella's Kraal, corrupted from Marondera, chief of the ruling VaRozvi people who lived in the area. British colonialists as they were colonizing Zimbabwe, first used it as a rest stop on the way to Harare. Later destroyed in the Shona resistance of 1896, the town was moved 4 miles north to the Beira–Bulawayo railway line.
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