Kwekwe District minerals including gold and iron ore. The largest steel manufacturing factory, Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO), is located in the district in the town of Redcliff, near the city of Kwekwe, the district capital. The district contains many large and small mines and several large steel mills. The district is located in Zimbabwe's Highveld at an altitude of about , above sea level. It is located in the tropics but its high altitude modifies this to a warm temperate climate. The average annual temperature is . As with much of the Highveld, summers are long but not hot as
Kwekwe District Council and Kwekwe City Council. This part is run by a Rural District Council, the rural equivalent of an urban council formed by the Local Government according to Chapter 29.13 of the Rural District Councils Act. The rural part of Kwekwe District is governed by Zibagwe Rural District Council. Kwekwe, then spelt "Que Que", was called Sebakwe before the assumption of the name Que Que hence Zibagwe Rural for Kwekwe Rural. Kwekwe District has a total of 67 wards: Kwekwe Municipality has 15 wards; Redcliff Municipality has 9 wards yet Redcliff Constituency has 13 wards; Zibagwe RDC has a total