Ressano Garcia

Ressano Garcia
Ressano Garcia
Coordinates	25 ° 28 ′  S , 32 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 25 ° 28 ′  S , 32 ° 0 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Mozambique
province	Maputo
District	Moamba
Residents	10,000
View of Ressano Garcia

Ressano Garcia is a place in District Moamba in Mozambique on the border between South Africa and Mozambique . The place is characterized by buildings from the colonial era, but has changed significantly due to the economic dependence on neighboring South Africa and the resulting borderline phenomena.

geography

The city on the other side of the border in the Republic of South Africa is Komatipoort . Border rivers are the Komati and the Crocodile Rivers .

population

The place has about 10,000 inhabitants. Most of them live on the sometimes very steep slopes of the surrounding hills.

history

Many families were settled here during colonial times, while others found a place to stay in Ressano Garcia on their flight from the Mozambican civil war .

Economy and Infrastructure

View of the EN4 road towards Mozambique, directly behind the border crossing

Ressano Garcia is located on the new EN4 trunk road , the traffic flows from the Johannesburg and Pretoria regions with Maputo and the Pretoria – Maputo railway line , which connects the City Deep container terminal in Johannesburg with the Maputo port via a junction . This is where the border formalities are done.

See also

On the development of the school system in Ressano Garcia cf. the article on Vicente Berenguer .