Masvingo, known as Fort Victoria during the colonial period, is a city in southeastern Zimbabwe and the capital of Masvingo Province. The city lies close to Great Zimbabwe, the national monument from which the country takes its name and close to Lake Mutirikwi, its recreational park, the Kyle dam and the Kyle National Reserve that is home to a range of animal species. It is mostly populated by the Karanga people who form the biggest branch of the various Shona tribes in Zimbabwe.
Coat of arms
Image: Masvingo at dusk
A stamp of colonial Southern Rhodesia used in Fort Victoria.
Fort Victoria in 1952.
Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare, and the second largest is Bulawayo.
Towers of Great Zimbabwe
The Battle of the Shangani on 25 October 1893
Ian Smith signing the Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 November 1965 with his cabinet in audience
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attending the Independence Day celebrations in South Sudan in July 2011.