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.- Village
- …lies at an elevation of around 560 metres (1,840 feet)
- Description: human settlement in Zimbabwe
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Latitude
-21.23274° or 21° 13′ 58″ south
Longitude
30.72747° or 30° 43′ 39″ east
Open location code
5GCGQP8G+WX
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Zulu—“Rutenga” goes by many names.
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