Kazungula, Botswana
Kazungula | |
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A road sign on the A33 in Kazungula | |
Kazungula Location of Kazungula in Botswana | |
| Coordinates: 17°48′14″S 025°14′28″E / 17.80389°S 25.24111°E | |
| Country | Botswana |
| District | Chobe District |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 4,133 |
| Climate | BSh |
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.
Kazungula has historically been an important crossing point on the Zambezi river for different peoples and their goods. During the wars of national liberation of the 20th century, many anti-colonial fighters escaped to Zambia via Kazungula.