Chirundu, Zambia is a town in the Southern Province of Zambia at the border with Zimbabwe and is a key point on the Great North Road. It is the site of two of the five major road or rail bridges across the Zambezi river, the Chirundu Bridges. Th
Chirundu Petrified Forest
is an area of fossil trees 21 km west of Chirundu, lying just south of the Chirundu-Lusaka road near the Kariba turn-off. It is a listed

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of Zambia. Chirundu was the home to the local

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leader and

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roughly from the year 1988 to 1989. On the Zimbabwe side the township is also called Chirundu.

External links

* https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g676296-Chirundu_Southern_Province-Vacations.html * https://www.lonelyplanet.com/zambia/chirundu * http://www.wildzambezi.com/locations/5/chirundu

References

Zambia–Zimbabwe border crossings Zambezi River Siavonga District Populated places in Southern Province, Zambia {{Zambia-geo-stub