🏛️ Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape

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The Kingdom of Mapungubwe was an ancient state located at the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers in present day South Africa, south of Great Zimbabwe. The capital's population was 5,000 by 1250, and the state likely covered 30,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi).

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Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape is a cultural World Heritage site in South Africa, in Africa. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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