Machipanda is a town in
Manica District, in the middle of
Manica Province
Manica is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 62,272 km2 and a population of 1,945,994 (2017 census). The province is surrounded by Zimbabwe to the west, Tete Province to the northwest, Sofala Province to the east, the Save Rive ...
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Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...
, near the border with
Zimbabwe
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Transport
The city has one of the most important railway stations on the
Beira–Bulawayo railway (or Machipanda railway), that connects it to the cities of
Beira and
Harare
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, the capital of
Zimbabwe
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See also
* Railway stations in Mozambique
References
Populated places in Manica Province
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