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Nchelenge
Luapula Province, Zambia · Africa
About Nchelenge
Nchelenge sits on the route: 55 minutes from Mununga.
Nchelenge is in Luapula Province, Zambia, with about 78,000 people. The nearest town is Mununga, about 47 km away.
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 for the Zambian part of Lake Mweru, being the seat of the districtRead more
government and branches of national agencies, while Kashikishi is the market and fisheries centre. Nchelenge attained District status in 1997 when it was upgraded from being a sub-District structure of the Kawambwa District in Luapula.
Ferries sail from Nchelenge to Kilwa Island and Isokwe. In 2001 a large motorised barge was launched to carry trucks laden with concentrated copper ore from the Dikulushi Mine in DR Congo across Lake Mweru to Nchelenge, from where they travel to Namibia.
The principal highway of the Luapula Province ends its tarred surface at Nchelenge-Kashikishi, providing good communication southwards to Mansa and the Great North Road at Serenje. Northwards a dirt road continues to Chiengi and Zambia's border with DR Congo.
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Nchelenge is in Luapula Province, Zambia, about 47 km from Mununga.
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- Population
- 77,746
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Zambia
- Region
- Luapula Province
- Timezone
- Africa/Lusaka
- Coordinates
- -9.3451, 28.7340
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Year-round
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