Mkushi is a town in the
Central Province of
Zambia
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, located on the
Great North Road and the
Tazara
The Tazara Railway, also called the Uhuru Railway or the Tanzam Railway, is a railway in East Africa linking the port of Dar es Salaam in east Tanzania with the town of Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia's Central Province. The single-track railway is ...
railway
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, northeast of
Kapiri Mposhi
Kapiri Mposhi is a Zambian town, seat of the Kapiri Mposhi District, Central Province. Located north of Lusaka, it stands on the Great North Road and is significant for the railway connection between Zambia Railways line from Kitwe to Lusaka ...
. The
Changwena Falls and
Fort Elwes (built-in 1896 by
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an
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prospector
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s) lie nearby. Mkushi is well known within Zambia for its commercial farms and is where Chengelo School is situated. An outbreak of
fall armyworms started in Mkushi on January 6, 2022.
See also
*
Railway stations in Zambia
Railway stations in Zambia include:
Maps
UN Map Principal towns served by rail
Existing
TAZARA
* Serenje
* Mkushi
* Chilanga
* - Tanzania / Zambian border
* Tunduma, Tanzania
Newly constructed
* (opened August 2011)
* Mchinji - co ...
*
Railway stations in Tanzania
ARailway stations in Tanzania include:
*Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway
Maps
UN Map- Tanga and Kidatu lines not shown.
Railways in southern AfricaUNHCR Map* Interactive map of Tanzania railways
* Look for the MSN Map at the bottom of pages o ...
References
Populated places in Central Province, Zambia
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