# Kingdom of Butua

> pre-colonial (c. 1450 - 1683) African state located in what is now south-western Zimbabwe, governed by the Torwa dynasty until 1683 from its capital at Khami, whose people were ancestors of the Bakalanga

**Wikidata**: [Q986881](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q986881)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Butua)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/kingdom-of-butua


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013