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Mpandamatenga is a border post and settlement in Matabeleland North,
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 Mozam ...
, adjacent to the
Pandamatenga Pandamatenga is a village in the Chobe District, Botswana. It is located close to the country's border with Zimbabwe, whose border post is known as Mpandamatenga. Both commercial and communal farming takes place in the lands around Pandamatenga. ...
area in Botswana. It is located within
Matetsi Safari Area Matetsi is a village in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 55 km west of Hwange. The village started as a railway siding and took its name from the nearby Matetsi River. Most of the surrounding land is under forest and the M ...
. It can be reached by road from Hwange town and Hwange National Park. The village was established in 1871 by a trader, George Westbeech, who set up camp here. He called the place ''panda-ma-tenga'' which means "''the tree from where trade is done''". Populated places in Matabeleland North Province Botswana–Zimbabwe border crossings {{Zimbabwe-geo-stub