Municipality of Beitbridge

About Municipality of Beitbridge

Beitbridge Rural District Council is situated in the southern tip of Matabeleland South Province, bordering South Africa to the south, Mozambique to the east Botswana to the west. Beitbridge District Council is divided into 15 wards with fifty eight villages and a total area coverage of 12 697 kilometres and that makes up 23 000 households.

Beitbridge district is one of the driest areas in Zimbabwe falling under agro-ecological Region V.

Despite this, Beitbridge district is the largest producer of cattle in the country. Beitbridge district is under the jurisdiction of Beitbridge Rural District Council, being the local authority that creates an enabling environment for development of the District and its people.