Zimbabwe
Matabeleland North
Hwange District

Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls, popularly known as Vic Falls, is a resort town and city in the province of Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. It lies on the southern bank of the Zambezi River at the western end of themselves.
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  • Type: Town with 33,100 residents
  • Description: town in the province of Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe
  • Also known as: “Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Victoria Falls and Victoria Falls railway station.

Photo: Paul Balfe, CC BY 2.0.
is a town in the western portion of , across the border from , , and near . The town lies immediately next to the falls, and they are the major attraction, but this popular tourist destination offers both adventure seekers and sightseers plenty of opportunities for a longer stay.

Railway station
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bridge
Photo: Benjism89, Public domain.
The crosses the Zambezi River just below the Victoria Falls and is built over the Second Gorge of the falls. As the river forms the border between and , the bridge links the two countries and has border posts on the approaches to both ends, at the towns of Victoria Falls, , and , . is situated 3½ km east of Victoria Falls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Livingstone.

Photo: cowbridgeguide.co.uk, CC BY 3.0.
is to what the town of Victoria Falls is to . Formerly known as Maramba, it was the capital of Zambia before it was moved to . is in the Southern Province of Zambia and is the tourist capital of the country.

Victoria Falls

Latitude
-17.93495° or 17° 56′ 6″ south
Longitude
25.82528° or 25° 49′ 31″ east
Population
33,100
Elevation
961 metres (3,153 feet)
IATA airport code
VFA
United Nations Location Code
ZW VFA
Open location code
5GJ73R8G+24
Open­Street­Map ID
node 241500809
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
879431
Wiki­data ID
Q1393804
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Satellite Map

Discover Victoria Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Victoria Falls” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Victoria Falls”
  • Arabic: “شلالات فيكتوريا”
  • Asturian: “Victoria Falls”
  • Cebuano: “Victoria Falls”
  • Chinese: “維多利亞瀑布城”
  • Chinese: “维多利亚瀑布城”
  • Czech: “Victoria Falls”
  • Dutch: “Victoria Falls”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شلالات فيكتوريا”
  • Esperanto: “Viktoria Akvofalo”
  • French: “Chutes Victoria”
  • French: “Victoria Falls”
  • German: “Victoria Falls”
  • Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי מפלי ויקטוריה”
  • Indonesian: “Victoria Falls”
  • Italian: “Victoria Falls”
  • Japanese: “ヴィクトリアフォールズ”
  • Japanese: “ビクトリア・フォールズ”
  • Japanese: “ビクトリア・フォールズ市”
  • Lithuanian: “Viktoria Folsas”
  • Lithuanian: “Viktorija Folsas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Victoria Falls”
  • Norwegian: “Victoria Falls”
  • Polish: “Victoria Falls”
  • Portuguese: “Victoria Falls”
  • Romanian: “Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe”
  • Romanian: “Victoria Falls”
  • Russian: “Виктория-Фоллс”
  • Russian: “Виктория-Фолс”
  • Serbian: “Viktorijini Vodopadi”
  • Serbian: “Викторија Фолс”
  • Serbian: “Викторијини Водопади”
  • Serbian: “Град Викторијини Водопади”
  • Spanish: “Victoria Falls”
  • Swahili: “Victoria Falls”
  • Turkish: “Victoria Falls, Zimbabve”
  • Turkish: “Victoria Falls”
  • Ukrainian: “Вікторія-Фолз”
  • Urdu: “وکٹوریہ فالز، زمبابوے”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Victoria Falls”
  • Zulu: “Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Reformed Church of Zimbabwe and Victoria Falls Municipality Housing Offices.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Victoria Falls”. Photo: Chris Eason, CC BY 2.0.