Manjirenji Dam, formerly known as Lake McDougal, lies in south eastern

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and ...

, east of

Masvingo Masvingo is a city in south-eastern Zimbabwe and the capital of Masvingo Province. The city is situated close to Great Zimbabwe, the national monument from which the country takes its name and close to Lake Mutirikwi, its recreational park, ...

. It was built to provide irrigation water to the farming estates on the lowveld to the southwest, around the town of Chiredzi, where the main crop has been sugar cane. The lake and environs are protected as Manjirenji Dam Recreational Park.

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Masvingo Buildings and structures in Masvingo Province Dams in Zimbabwe Dams completed in 1967 {{Africa-dam-stub