Sango Vila Salazar | |
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Coordinates: 22°04′11″S31°40′49″E / 22.06972°S 31.68028°E Coordinates: 22°04′11″S31°40′49″E / 22.06972°S 31.68028°E | |
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Province | Masvingo Province |
Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
Sango, also known as Nyala and Nyangambe, is a village and ward (commune) in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe on the Mozambique border. The village supports the border post lying at the southern end of the Gonarezhou National Park.
The town on the Mozambique side of the border is Chicualacuala.
The old official name of the town was Vila Salazar.
The village has a railway station on the Limpopo railway that connects it to the Mozambican city of Chicualacuala and the Zimbabwean city of Rutenga. [1]
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Chicualacuala is a town located in the province of Gaza in Mozambique. The town is better known by this unofficial name than by its official toponym Vila Eduardo Mondlane.
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Massangena District is a district of Gaza Province in south-western Mozambique. The administrative center of the district is Massangena. The district is located in the north of the province, and borders with Machaze District of Manica Province in the north, Mabote District of Inhambane Province in the east, Chigubo District in the southeast, Chicualacuala District in the south, and with Chiredzi District of Zimbabwe in the west. The area of the district is 7,481 square kilometres (2,888 sq mi). It has a population of 15,637 (2007).
Mwenezi River is a major tributary of the Limpopo River. The Mwenezi River starts up in south central Zimbabwe and flows south-east along what is known as the Mwenezi River Valley that bisects the district into two sectors. The river is found in both Zimbabwe and Mozambique. In Zimbabwe it has been known as the Nuanetsi or Nuanetzi River in the past, a name it retains in Mozambique.
Railway stations in Mozambique include:
Machipanda is a town in Manica District, in the middle of Manica Province, Mozambique, near the border with Zimbabwe.
Railway stations in Zimbabwe include:
Beira-Bulawayo railway, also called Machipanda railway, Beira-Harare-Bulawayo railway and Beira railway, is a railway that connects the city of Beira, Mozambique, to the city from Bulawayo, in Zimbabwe. It is 850 km long, in a 1067 mm gauge.
Limpopo railway, also called Gweru-Maputo railway, is a railway that connects the city of Maputo, Mozambique, to the city from Somabhula, in Zimbabwe. It is 900 km long, in a 1067 mm gauge.
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