Ndanga is a sub-district in

Masvingo Province Masvingo, previously named Victoria, is a province in southeastern Zimbabwe. It has a population of 1.638 million as of the 2022 census, ranking fifth out of Zimbabwe's ten provinces. Established by the British South Africa Company, it was one o ...

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and is located 60 km south-east of

Masvingo 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 clos ...

. The area is easily accessible from the city of

, as it is lies roughly midway on a highway linking the province's two main cities of

and

Chiredzi Chiredzi is a town in Masvingo province in south-east Zimbabwe. It is located near the Runde River, which has a tributary called the ' Chiredzi'. As the administrative center for Chiredzi District, it is where both the rural and district coun ...

. Although the greater Ndanga district is vast, extending as far south as Jerera, it is this original Ndanga area that is home to the district's largest hospital. Not only is Ndanga District Hospital a major hospital in its district, it is also the second major hospital in the whole province. A relatively small business centre, with its sprawling residential area, lies adjacent to the hospital. The community of Ndanga is served by a council school, Chimedza. Simon R. Ndanga is the chief of Ndanga of which a group of herdmen fall under him around Ndanga. The few neighbouring chiefs are Nhema, Chipinda, Muroyi, Charumbira, of which the half moon chief is with Chief S .R .G. Ndanga. The Nyabise dam on the Nyabise river supplies the whole Ndanga area that includes all the neighbouring villages with water, but now the dam is 100% silted since 2000 during

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. The Ndanga area is surrounded by a number of churches, including Roman Catholic, Dutch Reformed Church, Church of Christ, Wesley Methodist, and AFM of Zim.

References

Populated places in Masvingo Province {{Zimbabwe-geo-stub