The M13 is a road in the
Luapula Province
Luapula Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces located in the northern part of the country. Luapula Province is named after the Luapula River and its capital is Mansa. As per the 2010 Zambian census, the Province had a population of 991,92 ...
of
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...
that connects Chipili with
Kawambwa
Kawambwa is a town in the Zambian province of Luapula located on thedge of the northern Zambian plateau above the Luapula valley at an altitude of 1300 m. It was chosen as an administrative district of the same name by the British colonial author ...
.
It starts at a junction with the
M3 Road (
Kasama-
Mansa Mansa may refer to:
Places In India
* Mansa, Gujarat, a town in northern Gujarat, Western India; the capital of:
** Mansa, Gujarat Assembly constituency
** Mansa State, a princely state under the Mahi Kantha Agency in India
* Mansa district, ...
Road) approximately 23 kilometres north of the
Chipili
Chipili is a constituency of the National Assembly (Zambia), National Assembly of Zambia. It covers the town of Chipili in Luapula Province. ...
town centre and it heads north for 88 kilometres to end in the town centre of
Kawambwa
Kawambwa is a town in the Zambian province of Luapula located on thedge of the northern Zambian plateau above the Luapula valley at an altitude of 1300 m. It was chosen as an administrative district of the same name by the British colonial author ...
at a junction with the D19,
which goes to the town of
Mporokoso
Mporokoso (also spelled and pronounced 'Mpolokoso' and 'Mumpolokoso') is a town in the Northern Province of Zambia, lying at an elevation of nearly 1500 m on the flat plateau about 75 km south east of Lake Mweru Wantipa and 100 km south-west of ...
in the east and the towns of
Mbereshi
Mbereshi (also spelled and pronounced Mbeleshi) is a village in the Luapula Province of Zambia, named after the Mbereshi River on its north side. It is the site of a large mission founded in 1900 by the London Missionary Society. In 1915 the missio ...
and
Nchelenge
Nchelenge is a town in the Luapula Province of northern Zambia, lying on the south eastern shore of Lake Mweru. It is contiguous with Kashikishi, and they are sometimes referred to as Nchelenge-Kashikishi. Nchelenge is the administrative centre ...
in the west.
See also
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Roads in Zambia
In Zambia some roads are designated as numbered routes to help with navigation. There is a nationwide numbering scheme consisting of Inter-Territorial Roads, Territorial Roads and District Roads.
Out of a total of 91,440 km of roads in Zambia ( ...
References
Roads in Zambia
Luapula Province
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