Rutengi
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.Rutengi
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 565 metres
- Also known as: “Rutenga”
- Category: landform
- Location: Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-21.1873° or 21° 11′ 14″ south
Longitude
30.73544° or 30° 44′ 8″ east
Elevation
565 metres (1,854 feet)
Open location code
5GCGRP7P+35
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