Eastern Highlands
The Eastern Highlands, also known as the Manica Highlands, is a mountain range on the border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The Eastern Highlands extend north and south for about 300 kilometres through Zimbabwe's Manicaland Province and Mozambique's Manica Province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Mutare and Bvumba Mountains.
Mutare
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Mutare is the third-largest city in Zimbabwe, with a population of 225,000 in 2022, and a total of 500,000 people in the wider metropolitan area. Mutare is hub for trade in eastern Zimbabwe, with railway links, pipeline transport and highways linking the coast with Harare and Zimbabwe's interior.
Bvumba Mountains
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The Bvumba Mountains or Vumba Mountains are located in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, about 10 km southeast of Mutare.
Nyanga National Park
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Nyanga National Park is in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe. It contains the highest land in Zimbabwe, with green hills and perennial rivers. Mount Nyangani, the highest point in Zimbabwe, lies in the centre of the park and Mutarazi Falls, Zimbabwe's highest waterfall, is in the south of the park.
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Eastern Highlands
- Type: mountain range
- Description: mountain range in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
- Also known as: “Manica Highlands”
- Location: Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
-18.723° or 18° 43′ 23″ southLongitude of center
32.842° or 32° 50′ 31″ eastWikidata ID
Q1278183
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Eastern Highlands” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المرتفعات الشرقية”
- Chinese: “东津巴布韦高地”
- Chinese: “非洲東部高地”
- Chinese: “高地大區”
- Czech: “Východní vysočina”
- French: “plateau de Manica”
- French: “Plateau de Manica”
- French: “Plateau oriental”
- German: “Eastern Highlands (Ostafrika)”
- German: “Eastern Highlands”
- Hebrew: “רמת מניקה”
- Indonesian: “Dataran Tinggi Timur”
- Italian: “Altopiani orientali dello Zimbabwe”
- Italian: “Mosaico montano di foreste-praterie dello Zimbabwe orientale”
- Ladin: “Eastern Highlands (Africa de l’est)”
- Ladin: “Eastern Highlands”
- Lithuanian: “Rytinės Aukštumos”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų aukštumos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det austafrikanske høglandet”
- Russian: “Восточное высокогорье”
- Russian: “Восточное нагорье”
- Serbian: “Источне планине Зимбабвеа”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodno višavje, Zimbabve”
- Spanish: “Tierras Altas Orientales (África)”
- Spanish: “Tierras Altas Orientales”
- Swahili: “Nyanda za Juu za Mashariki”
- Swedish: “Eastern Highlands (berg)”
- Swedish: “Eastern Highlands”
- Ukrainian: “Східне нагір’я”
- Venetian: “Altopiani orientałi del Zimbabwe”
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