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 and Zhombe. The sixth constituency Churumanzu-Zibagwe has only three wards in Kwekwe District while the rest are in Churumanzu District. Among these only Kwekwe Central and Redcliff fall under urban councils while the rest fall under the Rural District Council. However some parts of Redcliff Constituency are rural. Kwekwe District Urban covers the city of Kwekwe run by Kwekwe Municipality (Kwekwe City Council) and Redcliff run by Redcliff Town Council, both councils existent according to Chapter 29.15 of the Urban Councils Act. Kwekwe Rural is that part of the district that does not fall under the jurisdiction of Redcliff Town