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Victoria Falls is one of the world's most spectacular plunges: the 1.7km (1mi) wide Zambezi River drops over 108m (330ft) into a steeply-walled gorge. In 1855, Scottish explorer David Livingstone named them after the English queen, but they are known as Mosi-oa-Tunya in the Kololo dialect and Chinotimba by the Nambya: 'the smoke that thunders'. On clear days the spray is seen 50km (31mi) away.
Fast Facts
Population
114,000
Currency
Name: Kwacha
Code: ZMK
Symbol: ZK
Electrical Plugs
230V 50Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: English
Time Zones
GMT/UTC +2
Country Dialing Code
+260
Weights & Measures
Metric
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