Sinazongwe is a town in the Southern Province of

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

, lying on the north shore of

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. It was constructed in the 1950s as a local

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, while its main industry now is

kapenta The Tanganyika sardine is known as kapenta or matemba in Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe (a related but different fish known as dagaa or ndaga is ''Rastrineobola argentea''). Kapenta is two species ( Lake Tanganyika sardine, ''Limnothrissa miodon'' ...

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. It is also home to a

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and an

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, while

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sail to Chete Island. Sinazongwe also boasts The Houseboat Company. Sinazongwe is a fast developing area in Zambia. Sinazongwe is accessible nearly all year round. Access is by tar road from Batoka (which is between

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and Choma) and by of gravel road just outside

Sinazeze Sinazeze (also known as Sinazezi) is a community located in Sinazongwe District in the Southern Province of Zambia. Sinazeze is about north of Sinazongwe and 35 kilometres north-east of Maamba Maamba is a town located in Sinazongwe District i ...

Town. The nearest airstrip is approximately from Sinazongwe. The nearest large hospital is at

Maamba Maamba is a town located in Sinazongwe District in the Southern Province, Zambia. It is about 35 kilometres south-west of Sinazeze and about 250 km south-west of the capital city of Zambia, Lusaka. Maamba is a coal mining town with about 1300 ...

which is about a 40-minute drive from Sinazongwe; however, there is a small hospital in Sinazongwe as well as a local clinic. Sinazongwe is only a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Livingstone and three-and-a-half-hour drive from Zambia's capital,

Lusaka Lusaka (; ) is the Capital city, 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 ab ...

, therefore giving it good access to an

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from either direction as well as to one of the seven-wonders of the world:

Victoria Falls Victoria Falls ( Lozi: ''Mosi-oa-Tunya'', "The Smoke That Thunders"; Tonga: ''Shungu Namutitima'', "Boiling Water") is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in southern Africa, which provides habitat for several unique species of plants and animal ...

, Livingstone. Image:Sinazongwe 016.jpg, Sinazongwe

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{{Authority control Populated places in Southern Province, Zambia