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.
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Matabeleland
- Region
- Description: region in Zimbabwe
- Location
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Latitude of center
-19.83° or 19° 49′ 48″ south
Longitude of center
28.16° or 28° 9′ 36″ east
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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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