Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Victoria Falls, popularly known as Vic Falls, is a resort town and city in Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe, on the southern bank of the Zambezi River at the western end of the waterfall itself. The settlement began in 1901 when the possibility of using the falls for hydro-electric power was explored, and it expanded when the railway from Bulawayo arrived shortly before the Victoria Falls Bridge opened in April 1905, linking Southern Rhodesia with Northern Rhodesia. It became the principal tourism centre for the falls and gained city status on 9 December 2020. It lies a few kilometres from Livingstone in Zambia and is surrounded by national parks. The 2022 census counted 35,215 people.