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Kazungula
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Kazungula
Total population
8,704
Demographic figures from Statistics Botswana. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Kazungula is a border town in Chobe District, northern Botswana, about 8 kilometres east of the district capital Kasane. It lies on the south bank of the Chobe and Zambezi rivers, close to the quadripoint where the borders of Botswana, Zambia, Namibia and Zimbabwe converge. It was the capital of Chobe District from 1909 to 1921. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 4,133.
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History
At confluence of the Chobe and Zambezi rivers, Kazungula has been a crossing point of the latter for centuries, connecting Central Africa and Southern Africa. Kazungula was where David Livingstone and other mid-19th century European explorers first saw the Zambezi before crossing it to present-day Zambia. Locals historically crossed the Zambezi on traditional canoes named mekoro, crafted from sausage trees. Modern commercial boats were not used in Kazungula until 1884, when pieces of a pontoon boat were imported from Austria and assembled locally. The importance of Kazungula as a centre of transport diminished following the 1905 opening of the road and rail bridge at Victoria Falls. However, it remained an important hub for the movement of goods and migrant labourers.
Geography
Kazungula is located near the quadripoint where the borders of Botswana, Zambia, Namibia and Zimbabwe meet. The Kazungula Bridge (opened in May 2021) crosses the Zambezi and connects Kazungula to a border town in Zambia, also named Kazungula. It was built to replace the Kazungula Ferry. Travellers may also drive east to another border town named Kazungula in Zimbabwe, via the Kazungula Road crossing.
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