Beitbridge, South Africa
Place in Limpopo, South Africa
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Beitbridge (Afrikaans: Beitbrug) is a town in Musina Local Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.
Beitbridge
Beitbrug | |
|---|---|
  Beitbridge Location within Limpopo  Beitbridge Location within South Africa | |
| Coordinates: 22.231°S 29.987°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Vhembe |
| Municipality | Musina |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.94 km2 (0.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,001 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 97.2% |
| • Coloured | 0.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.6% |
| • White | 1.0% |
| • Other | 0.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Venda | 45.5% |
| • Northern Sotho | 32.7% |
| • English | 10.0% |
| • Afrikaans | 6.4% |
| • Other | 5.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Area code | 015 |
Beitbridge is a border crossing on the Limpopo River,[2] located just south of Beitbridge in Zimbabwe. It is the busiest border post in the region, handling as many as 500 trucks each day.[3] The bridge was named the Alfred Beit Road Bridge, after mining financier Alfred Beit, who provided funds for its construction.[4]
Climate
Beitbridge has a hot desert climate (Köppen: BWh).
| Climate data for Beitbridge | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
19.8 (67.6) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 70 (2.8) |
56 (2.2) |
31 (1.2) |
22 (0.9) |
7 (0.3) |
4 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
7 (0.3) |
24 (0.9) |
49 (1.9) |
61 (2.4) |
333 (13.1) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
