Chicualacuala is a town located in the

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of Gaza in

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

. The town is better known by this unofficial name (and the name of the district to which the town belongs) than by its official toponym Vila Eduardo Mondlane.

History

The colonial name of the town was ''Malvérnia''. Chicualacuala had a turbulent history with attacks from

Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...

on numerous occasions because it is the site of a key tropo-spheric communication. The town is located at an important crossing point near the border.Cilliers, J.K., ''Counter-insurgency in Rhodesia'' (1984), p.177,

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Geography

Nearby towns and villages include Nyala (8.5 nm), Samo (14.2 nm), Cherilele (6.3 nm), Benibueni (6.7 nm) and Sambula (21.4 nm).

Transport

The railway systems of

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

and

meet at this town and the railway station is part of the

Limpopo railway 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.

. The station is paired with the Zimbabwe station of Sango.

References

Chicuacuala District Mozambique–Zimbabwe border crossings Populated places in Gaza Province {{Mozambique-geo-stub

History

Geography

Transport

See also

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