Budiriro is a high-density suburb in the southwestern parts of Harare in Zimbabwe.It is the largest suburb by population in Harare and in Zimbabwe with about 90,000 people.[1] There are about 30,000 houses but only two clinics and five elementary schools.[2]
Budiriro is the site of a housing project for low-income earners with almost 2,000 homes sold in April 2018 in CABS Budiriro 5 Area.[3]
In 2008, Budiriro had the highest number of cholera outbreaks. accounting for 50% of the reported cases in Zimbabwe.[4] Another common disease in Budiriro is typhoid.
In late 2016, most of the suburb was affected by flash flooding.