Matabeleland (Nyika yeMatebele) inharaunda iri kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweZimbabwe yakakamurwa kuva matunhu matatu: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo, neMatabeleland South. Mapurovhinzi aya ari kumadokero nekumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweZimbabwe, pakati penzizi dzeLimpopo neZambezi uye akaparadzaniswa kubva kuMidlands nerwizi Shangani ruri pakati peZimbabwe. Dunhu iri rakatumidzwa mazita kubva kuvagari varo, Mandebele avo vaidaidzwa kuti 'Matabele' nemaBritish sezvo vakatadza kudana 'Ma Ndebele'. Mamwe madzinza anogara munzvimbo dzeMatabeleland anosanganisira maVatonga, Vakalanga, Vavhenda, Vanambya, Vakhoisan, Vaxhosa, Vasotho, Vatswana, uye Vatsonga. Vagari vemuMatabeleland vanodarika makumi maviri kubva muzana muzana muZimbabwe. Guta guru uye guta guru ndere Bulawayo, mamwe maguta akakurumbira anoti Plumtree, Utsi uno tinhira (Mosi oa-tunya), Beitbridge, Lupane, Esigodini, Hwange neGwanda. Ivhu rakaorera asi rakaoma zvishoma. Iyi nzvimbo ine marasha uye goridhe mari. Maindasitiri anosanganisira ndarama uye mimwe migodhi yemaminerari, uye mainjiniya. Pave nekuderera kwemaindasitiri mudunhu rino sezvo mvura iri kushomeka nekuda kwekushaikwa kwemvura. Zvipikirwa nehurumende zvekuchera mvura yedunhu kuburikidza neMatabeleland Zambezi Water Project hazvina kuitwa, kuenderera mberi nekushomeka kwemvura.