Kazungula, Zimbabwe

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Kazungula is a small border post settlement in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe close to Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. Just to the west is the Botswana border village of Kazungula, from where there is a bridge for vehicles across the Zambezi River to the town in Zambia also called Kazungula.

Kazungula is linked by a tarred road to Victoria Falls, 70 km east. [1]

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References

  1. Chris McIntyre (2010). Botswana . Bradt Travel Guides. p.  177. ISBN   978-1-84162-308-5.

Coordinates: 17°48′52″S25°15′54″E / 17.81444°S 25.26500°E / -17.81444; 25.26500