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Chilonga
Chilonga is a town in Mpika District in the Muchinga Province of Zambia. Location Chilonga is located approximately , by road, southwest of the district headquarters at Mpika. This is about , by road, north-east of Lusaka, the capital and largest city of Zambia, on the main Lusaka–Dar es Salaam Highway ( Tanzam Highway). The geographical coordinates of the town are: 12°01'28.0"S, 31°20'11.0"E (Latitude:-12.024444; Longitude:31.336389). The average elevation of Chilonga is about , above sea level. Overview Chilonga lies on the Great North Road ( T2 Road; Tanzam Highway), which is the main Highway that connects Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, to Kabwe, Kapiri Mposhi, Mpika, Isoka, Nakonde and on to Tunduma and Dar es Salaam, in neighboring Tanzania. Also, a tarmac highway links Chilonga to Mpika, Chandesi, Kasama and Mpulungu, at the southern tip of Lake Tanganyika. The town is the location of ''Our Lady's Mission Hospital'' (Chilonga Mission Hospital), a Level 2 communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T2 Road (Zambia)
The T2 is a trunk road in Zambia. The road runs from the Tunduma border with Tanzania via Mpika, Kabwe and Lusaka to the Chirundu border with Zimbabwe. The road is the longest route of the country, as it is approximately . The entire route is a toll road. For its entire route, the T2 is known as Zambia's Great North Road and is part of the Cape to Cairo Road. Also, the section from Tanzania to Lusaka is known as the Tanzam Highway and the section from the T3 road junction in Kapiri Mposhi to the T1 road junction just after Kafue is part of the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road. Route The entire route forms Zambia's Great North Road and is part of the famed Cape to Cairo Road. Muchinga Province The T2 road begins from Zambia's Border Post with Tanzania near Tunduma as the Tanzam Highway. On the Tanzanian side, it is the T1 road to Iringa and Dar es Salaam. It starts by meeting the northern terminus of the M14 road (which connects to the Mafinga Hills) befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Zambia
The flag of Zambia is the national flag of Zambia. It was adopted upon independence on 24 October 1964, by the first Republican President Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda. Before that, Zambia was the British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia and used a defaced Blue Ensign as its flag. The current flag is used as both national flag and ensign. It is green with an orange-coloured African fish eagle in flight over a rectangular block of three vertical stripes, coloured, from left to right: red, black and orange. The placement of the eagle and block of stripes at the flag's Fly (flag), fly is notable as most emblems and devices on flags are placed at centre or at the hoist. Green stands for the nation's lush flora, red for the nation's struggle for Freedom (political), freedom, black for the Zambian people, and orange for the land's natural resources and mineral wealth. Additionally, the Eagle (heraldry), eagle flying above the coloured stripes is intended to represent the people's ability ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakonde
Nakonde is a town in the Muchinga Province of Zambia, on the border with Tanzania. It is at the northern end of Zambia's Great North Road ( T2 Road). It is the principal commercial and political headquarters of Nakonde District and the district headquarters are located here. Location Nakonde sits directly across Tunduma, in Tanzania's Songwe Region, separated by the international border between Zambia and Tanzania. It is located on the Great North Road, about , north-east of Lusaka, the capital and largest city of Zambia. It is the last Zambian town on the Cape to Cairo Road, also known as the Pan-African Highway, which goes from Cape Town to Cairo. This is approximately , by road, north of Mpika, the largest city in the province. The geographical coordinates of the town are: 09°19'38.0"S, 32°45'30.0"E (Latitude:-9.327222; Longitude:32.758333). The average elevation of Nakonde is about , above sea level. Roughly to the west is Chozi. Overview Nakonde lies on the main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lusaka Times
Lusaka (; ) is the capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was about 3.3 million, while the urban population is estimated at 2.5 million in 2018. Lusaka is the centre of both commerce and government in Zambia and connects to the country's four main highways heading north, south, east and west. English is the official language of the city administration, while Bemba, Tonga, Lenje, Soli, Lozi and Nyanja are the commonly spoken street languages. The earliest evidence of settlement in the area dates to the 6th century AD, with the first known settlement in the 11th century. It was then home to the Lenje and Soli peoples from the 17th or 18th century. The founding of the modern city occurred in 1905 when it lay in the British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia, which was controlled by the British South African Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Of Zambia
The ''Times of Zambia'' is a national daily newspaper published in Zambia and headquartered in Ndola. During the colonial period the newspaper was known firstly as ''The Copperbelt Times'' and then ''The Northern News'' It was a twice-weekly newspaper aimed at a European readership. In 1943, a small printing plant owned by Mr Roy Lentin, situated in Ndola, was sold to Mr Edward Brockman Hovelmeier (1908-2005) and Mr. Wykerd for the purpose of printing small items in their spare time. Mr. Edward Brockman Hovelmeier had experience with print, having been in the advertising field in Johannesburg before relocating to the Copperbelt as a result of the great economic depression so the plant became his direct responsibility. The plant was of a very limited size, comprising two small platen printing machines, other subsidiary items such as a small paper cutter (guillotine), stapler, stitcher etc., also three or four cabinets of type of various fonts and sizes. The Plant was subsequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Mpika
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mpika ( la, Mpikaën(sis)) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Kasama, also in Zambia. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker, in the city of Mpika. It also has a former Cathedral, now Church of St. Maria Magdalena de Pazzi, in Ilondola. History * It was established on May 23, 1933 as Mission "sui iuris" of Lwangwa from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bangueolo * On July 1, 1937 it was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lwangwa (still exempt, but entitled to a titular bishop) * Renamed on March 8, 1951 as Apostolic Vicariate of Abercorn * On April 25, 1959 it was promoted as Diocese of Abercorn, losing its exempt status by joining the province of Kasama * On November 22, 1967, it was renamed as Diocese of Mbala * On April 26, 1991, renamed as Diocese of Mbala – Mpika * Finally on September 9, 1994 it was renamed as Diocese of Mpika Missionary and E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Zambia
The University of Zambia (UNZA) is a public university located in Lusaka, Zambia. It is Zambia's largest and oldest learning institution. The university was established in 1965 and officially opened to the public on 12 July 1966. The language of instruction is English. History The beginnings of UNZA can be traced back to before the Second World War when the idea to establish a University in Northern Rhodesia was conceived. However, plans were halted when the war broke out and only revived after. The colonial government instituted plans to set up a Central African University College, for Africa, due to the development of higher education institutions in most parts of Africa. The Central Africa council (CAC) appointed a committee to investigate requirements for a college for higher education and, it subsequently recommended that a college for higher education be established. A subsequent investigation into the need for higher education for Africans in Central Africa was conducted b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. The lake is shared among four countries—Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, and Zambia, with Tanzania (46%) and DRC (40%) possessing the majority of the lake. It drains into the Congo River system and ultimately into the Atlantic Ocean. Etymology "Tanganika" was the name of the lake that Henry Morton Stanley encountered when he was at Ujiji in 1876. The name first originated from the Bembe language when they arrived in South Kivu around the 7th century, they discovered the lake and started calling it “êtanga ‘ya’ni’â” which means “a big river” in their Bantu language. Stanley found also other names for the lake among different ethnic groups, like the Kimana, the Yemba and the Msaga. An alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mpulungu
Mpulungu is a town in the Northern Province of Zambia, at the southern tip of Lake Tanganyika.Camerapix: "Spectrum Guide to Zambia." Camerapix International Publishing, Nairobi, 1996. From Mpulungu, boats reach DR Congo, Tanzania and Burundi. The MV ''Liemba'' ferry sails from Mpulungu to Kasanga and Kigoma in western Tanzania, with connections from there to Bujumbura. Mpulungu is also a fishing port and lies at the end of the old Great North Road. Transport In 2007 it was proposed to give Mpulungu rail access with a junction off the TAZARA line at Nseluka. This link plus another between Mpika and Mchinji would greater shorten the rail distance to a deepwater port at Nacala in Mozambique. History In the period up to the First World War and for about a decade afterwards, all vessels at the southern end of Lake Tanganyika had to lie offshore at Katuta Bay and unload by lighter or local canoe. This was thought highly unsatisfactory as the SS Liemba was then exposed on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasama, Zambia
Kasama is a city in the Northern Province of Zambia. It serves as the provincial capital and the headquarters of Kasama District. Location It is situated on the central-southern African plateau, approximately , by road, north-east of Lusaka, the capital and largest city in Zambia. Kasama is located on the M1 road (old Great North Road) from Mpika in the south to Mbala and Mpulungu, at the tip of Lake Tanganyika, in the north. Population The city population grew considerably in the 1970s and 1980s after construction of the TAZARA Railway through the city, and the tarring of the Great North Road, Zambia. Its population, according to Encyclopedia Britannica, was 74,243 in 2000 and had increased to 113,779 in 2010. History In 1898/1899, a crisis over the succession of the Chitimukulu led to Bishop Joseph 'Moto Moto' Dupont gaining the agreement of Bemba chiefs to the British colonial Administrator of North-Eastern Rhodesia, Robert Codrington taking control of the are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandesi
Chandesi, also Chandeshi or Chambeshi, is a small town on the Kasama-Mpika Road ( M1 Road) in Kanchibiya District, Muchinga Province of Zambia. It is named after the Chambeshi River which passes to adjacent to it. Location Chandesi is located approximately , by road, south of Kasama. This is about , by road, north-east of Lusaka, the capital and largest city of Zambia, on the main Lusaka–Mpulungu Highway. The geographical coordinates of the town are:10°57'02.0"S, 31°04'06.0"E (Latitude:-10.950556; Longitude:31.068333). The average elevation of Chandesi is about , above sea level. Overview Chandesi lies on the M1 Road, which is the main highway that connects Mpika in the south to Kasama and Mpulungu, at the southern tip of Lake Tanganyika, in the north. The town is built along the shores of the Chambeshi River, as it flows from its source near Lake Tanganyika to the Bangweulu Swamps The Bangweulu Wetlands is a wetland ecosystem adjacent to Lake Bangweulu in north-easter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania. According to the United Nations, Tanzania has a population of million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator. Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania, such as 6-million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils. The genus Australopithecus ranged across Africa between 4 and 2 million years ago, and the oldest remains of the genus ''Homo'' are found near Lake Olduvai. Following the rise of '' Homo erectus'' 1.8 million years ago, humanity spread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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