Chongoene

Chongoene lies on the sandy coast near the mouth of the Limpopo, where the great river reaches the Indian Ocean. Dunes run along the shore and extend inland across the coastal plain, while wetlands spread around the lower river. In the early nineteenth century the wider Limpopo valley became a centre of Soshangane's Gaza kingdom. From 1827 to 1834 his residence lay in the lower valley, amid a region already inhabited by communities linked to the coast and the interior.