Binga

Binga is a place with about 3,000 inhabitants on the uppermost part of the Kariba reservoir in the province of Matabeleland North in Zimbabwe , an administrative center of the district of the same name. The place was founded to resettle the Tonga from the Zambezi Valley after the construction of the Kariba Dam . The Tonga moved here from Lake Malawi in the 15th and 16th centuries and had led an isolated life in the semi-fertile floodplains of the Zambezi Valley, protected by inaccessible, high rock faces, away from tribal feuds.

Binga and Kariba are the only ports in Zimbabwe. There are elementary and secondary schools in Binga. There is electricity. A computer project "Tonga.Online" was recently started successfully, as can also be seen under the web links. Even so, the Caribbean districts of Binga and Nyaminyami are the least developed in the country. Despite the Zambezi, the area is dry. The soil does not carry much and what it carries is too often destroyed by wild animals, which also infect the domestic animal population with their diseases. Integration into the highly competitive tourism business of Victoria Falls and the nearby safari areas such as Hwange National Park only seems to be possible through the production of folk souvenirs.

The hot springs of Chibwatatata (Chibwatatata Hot Springs) are located near Binga.

Coordinates: 17 ° 39 ′  S , 27 ° 19 ′  E