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Lobengula Khumalo (c. 1835 – c. 1894) was the second and last official king of the Northern Ndebele people (historically called Matabele in English). Both names in the Ndebele language mean "the men of the long shields", a reference to the Ndebele warriors' use of the Nguni shield.
Matabeleland is a region located in southwestern Zimbabwe that is divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo, and Matabeleland South. These provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers and are further separated from Midlands by the Shangani River in central Zimbabwe.
Bungee jumping off the Victoria Falls Bridge, white-water rafting down the Zambezi River, or canopy tours amidst the lush rainforest add excitement and breathtaking sights to an unforgettable Zimbabwean adventure.
Zambezi National Park is a national park in Zimbabwe located upstream from Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River. Mapcarta, the open map.
The Victoria Falls are on the Zambezi River with the southern bank in Zimbabwe and the northern bank in Zambia. Visitors can travel by car, driving 440 kilometres northwest from Bulawayo on a road that is fully tarred or through Kazungula Border Post with Botswana 90 kilometres to the west.
Aug 28, 2024 · The region slopes downward to the north and south; it is drained by tributaries of the Zambezi River to the north and by affluents of the Limpopo River to the south. Matabeleland consists mostly of savanna (tropical grassland) with wooded savanna to the northwest of the city of Bulawayo.
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Nov 13, 2020 · The Matabele (Ndebele) are an offshoot of the Nguni people of Natal who migrated northward in 1823 as a result of conflicts with the King of Zulu, and later the Boers in Transvaal, [1] that resulted in them settling in Matabeleland (Southwestern Zimbabwe) in 1840. Their capital was Bulawayo.
