Rutenga
Rutenga, is an important village in the province of Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe. It is the de facto capital of Mwenezi. There are unverified claims that the name “Rutenga” is derived from corruption by local natives of what the Rhodesian settlers supposedly called “Route Anchor” given its central position to access South Africa and Mozambique.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Rutenga
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Zimbabwe
- Categories: human settlement, hill, and locality
- Location: Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-21.23274° or 21° 13′ 58″ southLongitude
30.72747° or 30° 43′ 39″ eastElevation
562 metres (1,844 feet)Open location code
5GCGQP8G+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 2813200252OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Zulu—“Rutenga” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Rutenga”
- Cebuano: “Rutenga”
- Dutch: “Rutenga”
- German: “Rutenga”
- Irish: “Rutenga”
- Swahili: “Rutenga”
- Zulu: “Rutenga”
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