Sango, Zimbabwe

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Sango

Vila Salazar
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Sango
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Coordinates: 22°04′11″S31°40′49″E / 22.06972°S 31.68028°E / -22.06972; 31.68028 Coordinates: 22°04′11″S31°40′49″E / 22.06972°S 31.68028°E / -22.06972; 31.68028
Country Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
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.

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The town on the Mozambique side of the border is Chicualacuala.

The old official name of the town was Vila Salazar.

Transports

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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References

  1. Network System: System Map. National Railways Of Zimbabwe. 2017.