Beitbridge

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Beitbridge is a border town in southern Zimbabwe that serves as a major crossing point between Zimbabwe and South Africa.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Beitbridge canonical 14
Beitbridge border post 4
Beitbridge Border Post 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border town
town
borderInfrastructure rail bridge
road bridge
borderPostType rail border post
road border post
bordersWith South Africa
country Zimbabwe
crossBorderTrafficType freight traffic
passenger traffic
hasBorderBridge Alfred Beit Bridge
hasBorderFacility Beitbridge self-linksurface differs
surface form: Beitbridge Border Post
hasBorderPostWith South Africa
hasClimate semi-arid climate
hasCustomsFacilities yes
hasFunction customs clearance point
major transit hub
hasImmigrationFacilities yes
hasStrategicImportanceFor North–South Corridor
regional trade
hasTollPlaza yes
isMajorCrossingPointBetween South Africa
Zimbabwe
isOneOf busiest border crossings in southern Africa
languageSpoken English
Northern Ndebele
surface form: Ndebele

Shona
locatedIn Matabeleland South
surface form: Matabeleland South Province
locatedInDistrict Beitbridge District
locatedInRegion southern Zimbabwe
locatedNear Limpopo River
namedAfter Alfred Beit
nearNationalBorder Zimbabwe–South Africa border
onHighway A6 (Zimbabwe)
onInternationalRoute Cape to Cairo Road corridor
surface form: Cape to Cairo Road
primaryEconomicActivity cross-border trade
retail trade
transport services
roadConnectionTo Bulawayo
Harare
Musina
servesAs gateway between Zimbabwe and South Africa
timezone Central Africa Time
utcOffset +2

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Limpopo River passesNear Beitbridge
Matabeleland South hasBorderPost Beitbridge
Matabeleland South hasSettlement Beitbridge
N1 highway terminus Beitbridge
N1 highway borderPost Beitbridge
this entity surface form: Beitbridge border post
Beitbridge hasBorderFacility Beitbridge self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Beitbridge Border Post
Harare–Beitbridge highway connectsTo Beitbridge
this entity surface form: Beitbridge border post
Harare–Beitbridge highway borderCrossingAt Beitbridge
this entity surface form: Beitbridge border post
Vhembe District Municipality hasBorderPost Beitbridge
this entity surface form: Beitbridge border post
A6 (Zimbabwe) connects Beitbridge
A6 (Zimbabwe) terminus Beitbridge
Beitbridge District contains Beitbridge
N1 freeway terminusCity Beitbridge
N1 freeway northernTerminus Beitbridge