Matabeleland
Matabeleland is a region in the southwest and west of Zimbabwe. It is inhabited by the Ndebele people, who settled here in the mid-1800s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Victoria Falls and Bulawayo.
Victoria Falls
Photo: Paul Balfe, CC BY 2.0.
Victoria Falls is a town in the western portion of Zimbabwe, across the border from Livingstone, Zambia, and near Botswana. The town lies immediately next to the falls, and they are the major attraction, but this popular tourist destination offers both adventure seekers and sightseers plenty of opportunities for a longer stay.
Bulawayo
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bulawayo is a relaxed, elegant industrial city with wide tree-lined boulevards, in western Zimbabwe. Several World Heritage sites, including historic monuments from the precolonial era and national parks, are within an hour's drive from Bulawayo, making it a great tourist destination.
Hwange National Park
At 14,651 km², Hwange National Park in Matabeleland is the largest national park and game reserve in Zimbabwe.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Matobo National Park.
Matobo National Park
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Matobo National Park forms the core of the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 kilometres south of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe.
Matabeleland
- Type: region
- Description: region in Zimbabwe
- Location: Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
-19.83° or 19° 49′ 48″ southLongitude of center
28.16° or 28° 9′ 36″ eastWikidata ID
Q1266775
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Xhosa—“Matabeleland” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Matabeleland”
- Arabic: “ماتابيليلاند”
- Bengali: “মাতাবেলেল্যান্ড”
- Catalan: “Matabelelàndia”
- Chinese: “馬塔貝萊蘭”
- Chinese: “马塔贝莱兰”
- Czech: “Matabeleland”
- Danish: “Matabeleland”
- Dutch: “Matabeleland”
- French: “Matabélé”
- French: “Matabeleland”
- German: “Matabeleland”
- Hebrew: “מטבללנד”
- Indonesian: “Matabeleland”
- Italian: “Matabeleland”
- Japanese: “マタベレランド”
- Lithuanian: “Guruusva”
- Lithuanian: “Matabelelandas”
- Lithuanian: “Matabelelendas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Matabeleland”
- Norwegian: “Matabeleland”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Matabelaland”
- Persian: “متبیلیلند”
- Polish: “Matabele”
- Polish: “Matabeleland”
- Portuguese: “Matabeleland”
- Portuguese: “Matabelelândia”
- Russian: “Матабелеленд”
- Shona: “Matabeleland”
- Slovenian: “Matabeleland”
- Slovenian: “Matabelija*”
- Spanish: “Matabeleland”
- Spanish: “Matabelelandia”
- Turkish: “Matabeleland”
- Urdu: “میٹابیلیلینڈ”
- Venetian: “Matabełełand”
- Xhosa: “EMatabeland”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Matabeleland”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.