Kariba

Kariba is a resort town in province, , located close to the at the north-eastern end of , near the Zambian border.
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  • Town with 24,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 679 metres (2,228 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code KAB
  • …is also known as “Kariba, Zimbabwe”
  • Description: town in Mashonaland West province, Zimbabwe, located close to the Kariba Dam

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kariba Dam.
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The is a double curvature concrete arch dam…

Kariba

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Latitude
-16.5273° or 16° 31′ 38″ south
Longitude
28.7755° or 28° 46′ 32″ east
UN/LOCODE
ZW KAB
Open location code
5GMCFQFG+36
Open­Street­Map ID
node 306639497
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
889215
Wiki­data ID
Q1025799

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Kariba” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاريبا”
  • Asturian: “Kariba”
  • Basque: “Kariba”
  • Cebuano: “Kariba”
  • Chinese: “卡里巴”
  • Danish: “Kariba”
  • Dutch: “Kariba”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاريبا”
  • Finnish: “Kariba”
  • French: “Kariba”
  • German: “Kariba”
  • Hebrew: “קאריבה”
  • Italian: “Kariba”
  • Japanese: “カリバ”
  • Korean: “카리바”
  • Lithuanian: “Kariba”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kariba”
  • Norwegian: “Kariba”
  • Polish: “Kariba”
  • Portuguese: “Cariba”
  • Portuguese: “Kariba”
  • Romanian: “Kariba, Zimbabwe”
  • Romanian: “Kariba”
  • Russian: “Кариба”
  • Serbian: “Kariba”
  • Serbian: “Кариба”
  • Spanish: “Kariba”
  • Swahili: “Kariba, Zimbabwe”
  • Swahili: “Kariba”
  • Swedish: “Kariba”
  • Turkish: “Kariba”
  • Ukrainian: “Кариба”
  • Ukrainian: “Каріба”
  • Urdu: “کاریبا، زمبابوے”
  • Zulu: “Kariba, Zimbabwe”

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