Mutoko
Sign in to saveMutoko is a small town in Mashonaland East province, Zimbabwe. It was established as an administrative station in 1911. It lies 143 km from Harare. It is named after the local chief, Mutoko.
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- Locality
- Mutoko
- Region
- Mashonaland East
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Population
- 12,336
- Timezone
- Africa/Harare
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- city
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Located in
- Mashonaland East Province
- Area
- 4740
- Elevation
- 1285
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
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- inception
- 1911-00-00
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Mutoko is a small town in Mashonaland East province, Zimbabwe. It was established as an administrative station in 1911. It lies 143 km from Harare. It is named after the local chief, Mutoko.
The town is the capital of the Mutoko District, which is inhabited by the Buja people. The Buja people are said to have settled in Mutoko coming from the north through Mhingari in what is now Mozambique. They were led by Nehor-eka(or Nehoreka or Nohureka), his father Mukombwe, his brothers Nyanzunzu and Mukwiradombo and sister Chingate (Nyamungate). Nehor-eka found Makate and his people in this area and Nehor-eka gave his sister Chingate (or Nyamungate) to Makate as a wife. She later tricked Makate, leading to Nehor-eka's takeover of the kingdom. (see Nehanda and Chaminuka), a spiritual leader of the Buja people. Nehor-eka's totem is shumba(lion).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mutoko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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