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Mthwakazi | |||||||||
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1840-1893 | |||||||||
Capital | Bulawayo | ||||||||
Common languages | Ndebele, Xhosa, Kalanga, Khoisan, Nambya, Tonga, Shangaan, Tswana, Venda and Sotho | ||||||||
Government | Constitutional Monarchy | ||||||||
King-Inkosi | |||||||||
• 1820–1868 | Mzilikazi | ||||||||
• 1868–1894 | Lobengula | ||||||||
• 2018 - | Bulelani Lobengula[1] | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1840 | ||||||||
1895 | |||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• Total | 152,000 km2 (59,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
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Today part of | Zimbabwe Matabeleland |
Mthwakazi is the traditional name of the proto-Ndebele people and Ndebele kingdom and is located in between Sanyati river and Limpopo River in the area of today's Zimbabwe.[2][3] Mthwakazi is widely used to refer to inhabitants of Matebeleland Province in Zimbabwe.[4]