{"id":7224,"date":"2024-03-14T11:27:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T11:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/zrpnew\/?p=7224"},"modified":"2024-03-14T11:43:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T11:43:48","slug":"bulawayo-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7224","title":{"rendered":"Bulawayo Province"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7224\" class=\"elementor elementor-7224\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1842b72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1842b72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac2eb30\" data-id=\"ac2eb30\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8c9db4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8c9db4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"main-body\"><div id=\"main-content\" class=\"span9\"><div id=\"content\"><div class=\"item-page\"><div class=\"article-info muted\"><dl class=\"article-info\"><dt class=\"hits\">Bulawayo Metropolitan Province consists of four operational districts namely, Bulawayo Central, Bulawayo West, Bulawayo Suburban and Nkulumane.The Province covers an area of about 2096 square kilometres. It has common boundaries with Matabeleland North and South Provinces. The area of policing comprises of communal\/resettlement farming, mining areas, heavy and light industrial sites, residential areas and\u00a0 the Central Business District.<\/dt><\/dl><\/div><p>It policies the second largest city in the country, Bulawayo, with an estimated population of 717 863 people [2012 National Population Census].<\/p><p>The Province is also a gateway to Harare, Masvingo, Beitbridge, Plumtree and Victoria Falls. In addition to the usual resident population, there are thousands of people from within Zimbabwe and beyond our borders who come to Bulawayo as visitors, shoppers, tourists or in transit to other premier tourist destinations such as Matopos National Park and the Mighty Victoria Falls.<\/p><p>Bulawayo province has 16 operational DUB stations, 21 CID\/CIU sections, three CPU sections, five Posts and 10 Bases.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><aside id=\"sidebar-b\" class=\"sidebar span3\"><div class=\"sidebar-inner\"><div class=\"position position-right-1\"><div class=\"jv-module hid\"><h3 class=\"title-module\">\u00a0<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/aside>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d76054\" data-id=\"4d76054\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dc72b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0dc72b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Officer Commanding Bulawayo Province<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b03fb6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b03fb6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c162be6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c162be6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1f2853\" data-id=\"b1f2853\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bulawayo Metropolitan Province consists of four operational districts namely, Bulawayo Central, Bulawayo West, Bulawayo Suburban and Nkulumane.The Province covers an area of about 2096 square kilometres. 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