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Masvingo

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Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe
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About Masvingo

Masvingo is a city in south-eastern Zimbabwe and the capital of Masvingo Province. The city is close to Great Zimbabwe, the national monument from which the country takes its name. Masvingo is close to Lake Mutirikwi, its recreational park, the Kyle dam and the Kyle National Reserve wherein there are many distinctive animal species. The town become known as Fort Victoria till 1982, when its name changed into in brief modified to Nyanda. Within some months its call became again modified to Masvingo whilst it turned into observed that Nyanda did no longer translate thoroughly among dialects.

It is the oldest colonial settlement in Zimbabwe, and grew up across the encampment mounted in 1890 via the Salisbury. The Old Fort country wide monument is positioned inside the centre of town, and was erected in 1891 as considered one of a chain of fortifications to guard the direction from Salisbury to the south. The very first cricket fit in Zimbabwe is stated to have taken location nearby in 1890. The predominant football membership in the town is Masvingo United, whose domestic floor is Mucheke Stadium in the suburb of Mucheke.

There are many beginner social football clubs inside the city and that they commonly play their games at the numerous grounds around the city. Annually, a Miss Masvingo Province pageant is held. The town is host to the Charles Austin Theatre positioned on the civic middle, a venue synonymous to many theatre lovers within the U.S.. The movie and tv enterprise is growing within the metropolis with the up and coming era at the leading edge of the development.

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