Beitbridge District

This article is about the district. For the city, see Beitbridge.

Beitbridge is a district in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe's poorest province, 527 kilometers south of Harare, 18 kilometers north of Messina and 548 kilometers north of Johannesburg. Beitbridge district is located in the Lowveld area. The town lies 6 km ESE of the confluence of the Bubye River and the Limpopo on the border with South Africa. It was established in 1929.^[1] The town has a population of approximately 20,000 and serves a district of 80,000 people. An estimated 60 percent of Beitbridge's population is female, reflecting extensive male migration to South Africa.

Beitbridge has an estimated 2,570 houses in formal settlements (primarily for government officials and mid-level private sector staff) and 3,000 in informal settlements. Formal-settlement dwellings are mainly two- to three-room brick houses, while those in the informal settlements are among the worst mud houses in Zimbabwe. Average house occupancy in the low-income and informal settlements varies considerably, as many people do not bring their families to Beitbridge, but includes at least four people. Recreational facilities are limited in low-income areas, consisting largely of bars and soccer pitches.

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Beitbridge District

Capital: Beitbridge

Wards	Chipise Dendele Dite II Machuchuta Maramani Masera Mtetengwe I Mtetengwe II Mtetengwe III Siyoka I Siyoka II

Rivers	Bubye River Limpopo River Mtetengwe River Mzingwane River Shashe River Umchabezi River

Dams/reservoirs	Chamtete Dam Dendele Dam Giraffe Dam Tongwe Dam Tshamaswiswi Dam Tshisara Dam Zhovhe Dam

Landforms	Homba hills Marangudzi mountain

Settlements	Beitbridge Bubye River Chikwarakwara Irrigation Scheme Lutumba Mazunga River Ranch Mine Shashi Irrigation Scheme

Transport	A1 road A6 road Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway

Protected areas	Thuli Parks and Wildlife Land

Education	Chabili School Chapongwe School Chaswingo School Chikwarakwara School Chipise School Chituripasi Primary School Chituripasi Secondary School Dite School Fula School Jopembe School Madaulo School Makombe School Malabe School Malungudzi Secondary School Matshiloni School Mugaladhiva School Penemene School Rukange School Tongwe School

Culture and sport	Dulibadzimu Stadium Underhill F.C.

Notable people	Kembo Mohadi

Constituencies	Beitbridge East Beitbridge West Beitbridge senatorial constituency

Subdivisions of Zimbabwe

Provinces	Bulawayo Harare Province Manicaland Mashonaland Central Mashonaland East Mashonaland West Masvingo Matabeleland North Matabeleland South Midlands

Districts	Beitbridge Bikita Bindura Binga Bubi Buhera Bulawayo Bulilimamangwe Chegutu Chikomba Chimanimani Chipinge Chiredzi Chirumhanzu Chivi Gokwe North Gokwe South Goromonzi Guruve Gutu Gwanda Gweru Harare Hurungwe Hwange Hwedza Insiza Kadoma Kariba Kwekwe Lupane Makonde Makoni Marondera Masvingo Matobo Mazowe Mberengwa Mount Darwin Mudzi Mukumbura Murehwa Mutare Mutasa Mutoko Muzarabani Mwenezi Nkayi Nyanga Rushinga Seke Shamva Shurugwi Tsholotsho Umguza Umzingwane Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe Wedza Zaka Zvimba Zvishavane

Wards	Wards of Zimbabwe

Largest cities	Harare Bulawayo Chitungwiza Mutare Gweru Kwekwe Kadoma Masvingo Chinhoyi Marondera

Coordinates: 21°50′S 30°00′E / 21.833°S 30.000°E / -21.833; 30.000

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