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Maputaland

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Maputaland


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Maputaland yanki ne a Kudancin Afirka. Tana a arewacin lardin KwaZulu-Natal, Afirka ta Kudu tsakanin Eswatini da bakin teku. [1] A cikin ma'ana mai faɗi kuma tana iya haɗawa da yankin kudu maso kudancin Mozambique. Hanyoyin tsuntsaye da murjani rafukan bakin teku sune manyan wuraren yawon bude ido.

Yanzu ana sake farfado da sunan wannan yanki na gargajiya don yankin daji na Maputaland-Pondoland da kurmi, daya daga cikin yankunan Afirka ta Kudu, da kuma Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot.[2]

Maputaland na da iyaka da tsaunin Ubombo a yamma da Tekun Indiya a gabas. Yankin ya kai kimanin kilomita 10,000 2, wanda ya tashi kimanin daga garin Hluhluwe da arewacin tafkin St. Lucia zuwa iyakar Mozambique da Afirka ta Kudu, ko kuma bayan zuwa Maputo a Mozambique. [3]

Sashen Afirka ta Kudu na Maputaland kuma an san shi da sunan Tongaland bayan mutanen Tonga da ke zaune a can. Yankin da aka fi sani da shi yana ciyar da kogin Phongolo da Mkhuze. A ranar 11 ga watan Yuni 1895, Biritaniya ta mamaye Tongaland.

'Tongaland', sunan yankin gargajiya na Tsonga, yanzu ya ɓace gabaɗaya. Har yanzu ana samun shi lokaci-lokaci a cikin ayyukan kimiyya ko da yake, [4] da kuma a cikin sunan nau'ikan, kamar katantanwa na cannibal Tongaland (Natalina wesseliana).

  1. A survey of tropical southeastern Africa in the context of coastal zone management
  2. Ecoregions of South Africa Archived 2011-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Contributions to the ecology of Maputaland, Southern Africa[permanent dead link]
  4. Turtle Beaches and Coral Reefs of Tongaland Archived 2006-10-07 at the Wayback Machine