Ressano Garcia

Ressano Garcia is a small town in Maputo Province, Mozambique, standing directly on the border with South Africa, where it is adjacent to the South African town of Komatipoort. The English Wikipedia article gives its population as around 11,200 people. The town matters mainly as a crossing point: both road and rail traffic pass here from Mozambique into South Africa and in the opposite direction. It has a railway station used for loading and offloading passengers and cargo on the Pretoria-Maputo railway line. In industry, a gas-fired power station began operating at Ressano Garcia in 2014. The plant is co-owned by Electricidade de Mocambique (EDM) and Sasol, and it receives gas by pipeline from the Pana gas fields in eastern Mozambique. The first plant has a generating capacity of 175 megawatts. The town is also listed among the border crossings between Mozambique and South Africa.