Espungabera

Espungabera is a town in the Mossurizi District of Manica Province in central Mozambique. It is situated 4 km from a border post with Zimbabwe, which is open daily from 8:00 to 17:00 or 18:00. Espungabera has a fuel station but supplies can run out.[1] The language spoken on either side of the border is chiNdau.[2]

During the Frelimo-Renamo struggle of the late 70s to early 90s it was one of the strategic towns where the FPLM maintained a heavy mechanized presence, since the Espungabera-Dombé-Chimoio road link which offered access to Zimbabwe, was repeatedly attacked and disrupted by insurgents.[3] In 2010 the Espungabera-Dombé road was being rehabilitated, which was expected to improve the area's economic and tourism potential.[4]

The Pafuri border post with South Africa can be reached via Chitobe (in Machaze District) and Save Centro to Massangena or Zambaredja, but an off-road vehicle is required.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Caution: Mozambique travel warning". SA 4x4. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Patrício, Marta. "Ndau identity in the Mozambique-Zimbabwe borderland". academia.edu. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Emerson, Stephen A. (2014). The battle for Mozambique: the Frelimo-Renamo struggle, 1977-1992. Helion and Company. pp. 26, 55, 62, 64. ISBN 1909384925.
  4. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Mary (2010). Mozambique (3 ed.). Footscray, Vic.: Lonely Planet. p. 114. ISBN 1741048885.

Coordinates: 20°27′11″S 32°46′21″E / 20.45306°S 32.77250°E / -20.45306; 32.77250 (Espungabera)

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