Official Name: | Masunga |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Botswana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Botswana |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | North-East District |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 5696 |
Timezone: | GMT +2 |
Coordinates: | -20.6667°N 52°W |
Elevation M: | 1180 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | BSh |
Masunga /ˈmɑːsuŋɡʌ/ is a Bakalanga settlement in the North-East District of Botswana. The village is the Headquarters of the North East District. The nearest city is Francistown which is about 120km (80miles) away. The Chief of the region is Kgosi Thabo Maruje Masunga III, who took over from his uncle Christopher Masunga.
Near Masunga are the hills of Domboshaba, which hold a ruined outpost of the Kalanga Empire, more like Great Zimbabwe (Mutapa). It is one of the tourist attractions in Botswana where a yearly Ikalanga cultural ceremony takes place.
The language spoken in the North East Region is Kalanga, not Tswana like the rest of Botswana. Kalanga is closely related to Shona, the main language of Zimbabwe.
Things to do in Masunga include:
Masunga Senior Secondary School