Mashonaland

Mashonaland is a region in northern Zimbabwe, a plateau 4000 ft high crossed by the Umvukwe Mountains, lying to the North-East of Matabeleland and South of the Zambesi River, of which its streams are tributaries. It is a fertile region, and being traversed continually by cold South-East winds is healthy and bracing. The natives, of Bantu stock, are peaceful and industrious, growing rice, maize, tobacco, and cotton, which they also weave, and working with skill in iron. They live in dread of the fierce Matabele tribes. The region is very rich in iron, copper, and gold, and has traces of ancient scientific gold-mining.

It came under British protection in 1888, became self-governing territory in 1923, and when Zimbabwe became sovereign in 1980, the region became part of Zimbabwe.

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