Place:Masvingo, Zimbabwe

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NameMasvingo
Alt namesMasvingo Districtsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Masvingo provincesource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Nyandasource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 399
Victoriasource: Times Atlas of the World (1994) Plate 92
Victoria Provincesource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeProvince
Coordinates20.5°S 31.0°E
Located inZimbabwe
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Great Zimbabwe ( 1100 - 1700 )
Inhabited place
Bikita
Chatsworth
Chibi
Chiredzi
Felixburg
Gaths Mine
Glencova
Gutu
Mashava
Masvingo
Mwenezi
Ndanga
Ngomahuru
Renco
Rutenga
Sango
Triangle
Zaka
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Masvingo is a province in southeastern Zimbabwe. It has a population of 1.485 million as of the 2012 census, ranking fifth out of Zimbabwe's ten provinces. Established as Victoria Province by the British South Africa Company, it was one of the five original provinces of Southern Rhodesia. In 1982, two years after Zimbabwean independence, it was renamed Masvingo Province. The province is divided into seven districts, including Masvingo District, which contains the provincial capital Masvingo City.

Masvingo Province is bordered by Matabeleland South Province to the southwest, Midlands Province to the northwest, Manicaland Province to the northeast, and Mozambique to the southeast. It has an area of , equal to 14.48% of the total area of Zimbabwe. It is the third-largest in area of Zimbabwe's provinces, after Matabeleland North and Mashonaland West. A diverse province, the Karanga, a Shona subgroup, form the majority, with minorities of Shangani in the southeast and Ndebele in the west. Its economy is largely centered around agriculture and tourism. Masvingo Province is home to the Great Zimbabwe ruins, a World Heritage Site and major tourist attraction.

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