Mashonaland
Mashonaland is a region in northeastern Zimbabwe. It is home to nearly half of the population of Zimbabwe. Most of the Mashonaland people are from the Shona tribe while the Zezuru and Korekore dialects are most common.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Harare and Chinhoyi.
Harare
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Harare is the capital and largest city in Zimbabwe. Harare has an excellent highland climate and well-planned garden suburbs that are very pleasant to walk around in.
Chinhoyi
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Chinhoyi, previously known as Sinoia during the colonial era, is a city in central northern Zimbabwe in the Makonde District. It has a population of 90,800 and is primarily a college town, although it was originally founded as an Italian group settlement scheme.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Bumi Hills.
Bumi Hills
Bumi Hills is the name of a group of hills and a luxury safari lodge in Mashonaland West province Zimbabwe. Bumi Hills Safari Lodge is situated on the hilly ground overlooking the southern shore of Lake Kariba.Mashonaland
- Type: region
- Description: region in northern Zimbabwe and home of the Shona people
- Category: colony
- Location: Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
-17.2° or 17° 12′ southLongitude of center
31° eastWikidata ID
Q1640913
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Satellite Map
Discover Mashonaland from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Mashonaland” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Masjonaland”
- Catalan: “Maxonalàndia”
- Chinese: “馬紹納蘭地區”
- Chinese: “马绍纳兰”
- Danish: “Mashonaland”
- Dutch: “Mashonaland”
- French: “Mashonaland”
- German: “Mashonaland”
- Hausa: “Mashonaland”
- Indonesian: “Mashonaland”
- Italian: “Mashonaland”
- Lithuanian: “Mašonalandas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mashonaland”
- Norwegian: “Mashonaland”
- Portuguese: “Maxonalândia”
- Russian: “Машоналенд”
- Spanish: “Mashonalandia”
- Swahili: “Mashonaland”
- Swedish: “Mashonaland”
- Urdu: “ماشونالینڈ”
- Venetian: “Mashonałand”
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