Matabeleland

E62851
historical region

Matabeleland is a historical region in southwestern Zimbabwe, traditionally inhabited by the Ndebele people and centered around the city of Bulawayo.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Matabeleland region 4
southwestern Zimbabwe 2
Bulawayo Province 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
associatedPeople Lobengula Khumalo ⓘ
Mzilikazi kaMashobane ⓘ
borderFeature Limpopo River ⓘ
Shashe River NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersCountry Botswana ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
bordersRegion Masvingo Province ⓘ
Midlands Province ⓘ
centeredAround Bulawayo ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
colonialDesignation part of Southern Rhodesia ⓘ
colonialHistory was incorporated into British South Africa Company territories in the 1890s ⓘ
conflictHistory site of the First Matabele War ⓘ
site of the Second Matabele War ⓘ
containsCity Bulawayo ⓘ
country Zimbabwe ⓘ
currentAdministrativeDivision Matabeleland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bulawayo Province

Matabeleland North ⓘ
surface form: Matabeleland North Province

Matabeleland South ⓘ
surface form: Matabeleland South Province
demographicGroup Kalanga ⓘ
Nambya ⓘ
Ndebele people ⓘ
surface form: Ndebele

Tonga ⓘ
economyActivity cattle ranching ⓘ
mining ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ndebele people ⓘ
hasSubregion Bulawayo ⓘ
surface form: Bulawayo Metropolitan Province

Matabeleland North ⓘ
Matabeleland South ⓘ
historicalCapital Bulawayo ⓘ
historicalNameDerivedFrom Ndebele people ⓘ
surface form: Ndebele (Matabele) people
languageSpoken Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Shona ⓘ
locatedIn Matabeleland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: southwestern Zimbabwe
majorCity Bulawayo ⓘ
majorTown Gwanda ⓘ
Lupane ⓘ
Plumtree ⓘ
partOf Zimbabwe ⓘ
postIndependenceHistory affected by Gukurahundi violence in the 1980s ⓘ
preColonialState Kingdom of Matabele ⓘ
religion African traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
terrain plateau ⓘ
savanna ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants Ndebele people ⓘ
UTCOffset +2 ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lobengula Khumalo → birthPlace → Matabeleland ⓘ
Mashonaland region → borders → Matabeleland ⓘ
subject surface form: Mashonaland
Matabeleland → currentAdministrativeDivision → Matabeleland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulawayo Province
Khami River → flowsThrough → Matabeleland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matabeleland region
Bulawayo → historicalRegion → Matabeleland ⓘ
Lobengula Khumalo → historicalRegion → Matabeleland ⓘ
Bulawayo Polytechnic → locatedIn → Matabeleland ⓘ
Bulawayo Theatre → locatedIn → Matabeleland ⓘ
Matabeleland → locatedIn → Matabeleland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: southwestern Zimbabwe
Matabeleland South → locatedIn → Matabeleland ⓘ
this entity surface form: southwestern Zimbabwe
Highlanders F.C. → primarySupportBase → Matabeleland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matabeleland region
Bulawayo Railway Museum → region → Matabeleland ⓘ
City of Kings → region → Matabeleland ⓘ
Highlanders F.C. → region → Matabeleland ⓘ
Khami River → region → Matabeleland ⓘ
Matabeleland North → region → Matabeleland ⓘ
Matabeleland South → region → Matabeleland ⓘ
Solusi University → region → Matabeleland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matabeleland region
this entity surface form: Matabeleland region
this entity surface form: southern Zimbabwe
Lobengula Khumalo → territoryRuled → Matabeleland ⓘ