HARARE, Zimbabwe — Even in death, Robert Mugabe, the former strongman leader of Zimbabwe, has remained a source of contention, this time caught in a dispute between his family and the government over where to bury him.

Mr. Mugabe, who spent more than three decades in power before being ousted in 2017, died last week at age 95 at a Singapore hospital. And even as his body was being transported back to his home country, his family and the government were arguing about his final resting place and whether his burial would be public or private.

Now, a week after his death, it seems that issue may finally have been resolved.

The family of Mr. Mugabe, the freedom fighter turned authoritarian ruler, had demanded that his body be buried in his home village in a private ceremony. But the government wanted a public burial at the National Heroes Acre monument in Harare, the capital, alongside other prominent government figures from his ZANU-PF party.

Mr. Mugabe’s first wife, Sally Mugabe, was buried at Heroes Acre after her death in 1992.

By Friday, it appeared that the two sides had reached a compromise, with Leo Mugabe, the former president’s nephew and family spokesman, saying that his uncle would be buried in a private ceremony at Heroes Acre after being transported home for rituals conducted by clan chiefs.