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Mambwe District
Mambwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Eastern Province. Mambwe District inhabits the Luangwa Valley between the 13th and 14th parallel of south latitude. The Kunda name for this area is "Malambo". The land is bound on the west by the Luangwa River, on the south by the Lusangazi River, and on the north by the Chisitu River. It is approximately 700km east of Zambia’s capital city, Lusaka. The capital lies at Mambwe named after the leader of the Kunda people Location The Kunda or Akunda people are an ethnic group that hails from Mambwe District of Eastern Province, Zambia. Most Kundas live on the eastern bank of the Luangwa River near South Luangwa National Park. The Kunda people are not t ... during their migration from the Congo. The district contains the South Luangwa National Park. The district has one parliamentary constituency called Malambo Constituency. It is further divided into 15 wards namely: Chikowa, Chipako, Chipapa, Chisengu, Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Zambia
The Provinces of Zambia, ten provinces of Zambia are divided into a total of 116 districts as of 2018. Article 109 in part VIII of the constitution of Zambia deals with local government. It states only that there should be some form of local government, and that this local government should be based on democracy, democratically elected councils on the basis of universal suffrage, universal adult suffrage. Provincial districts in Zambia Until 2011, Zambia was Subdivisions of Zambia, subdivided into 72 districts. However, since 2011, a number of new districts have been created, bringing the total to 116 as of 2018. ;Total Districts by Province as of 2021: # Central Province, Zambia, Central Province (11 districts) # Copperbelt Province (10 districts) # Eastern Province, Zambia, Eastern Province (15 districts) # Luapula Province (12 districts) # Lusaka Province (6 districts) # Muchinga Province (8 districts) # Northern Province, Zambia, Northern Province (12 districts) # North-W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Zambia
Zambia is divided into ten provinces. The provinces are further subdivided into districts. The Provincial Administration is headed by a Provincial Minister, who is appointed by the President, and is responsible for overseeing the implementation of government policies and coordinating the activities of various government departments within the province. The Provincial Minister is supported by a Provincial Permanent Secretary, who handles the day-to-day administration. Each province has a Provincial Development Coordinating Committee (PDCC) that plays a key role in development planning and coordinating projects within the province. The current provinces were established following Zambia's independence in 1964, although their borders and functions have evolved over time to support the country’s decentralization efforts. List of provinces Administration The provincial government in Zambia is primarily established for administrative purposes. Each province is headed by a Provinci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Province, Zambia
Eastern Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces. The province lies between the Luangwa River and borders with Malawi to the east and Mozambique to the south, from Isoka in the northeast to the north of Luangwa in the south. The provincial capital is Chipata. The Eastern province has an area of about , locally shares border with three other provinces of the country and is divided into fifteen districts. As per the 2010 Zambian census, the Eastern Province had a population of 1,592,661, accounting to 12.16% of the total Zambian population. The sex ratio was 1,030 females for every 1,000 males. The Chewa, Tumbuka and Nsenga people are the largest communities in the region. Chichewa and Chitumbuka are the most widely spoken languages. On the tourism front, the province has four national parks. The province has several significant traditional ceremonies such as Zengani, Vimkakanimba, Nc'wala and Kulamba. Agriculture is the major occupation in the province which accounts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Africa Time
Central Africa Time or CAT, is a time zone used in north central, east central and southern Africa. Central Africa Time is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC+02:00), which is the same as the adjacent South Africa Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time, Eastern European Time, Kaliningrad Time and Central European Summer Time. As this time zone is in the equatorial and tropical regions, there is little change in day length throughout the year and so daylight saving time is not observed. Central Africa Time is observed by the following countries: * * * (eastern provinces) * * * * * * * * The following countries in Africa also use an offset of UTC+02:00 all-year round: * (observes South African Standard Time) * (observes South African Standard Time) * (observes Eastern European Time) * (observes South African Standard Time) See also * Egypt Standard Time, an equivalent (except during daylight savings) time zone covering Egypt, also at UTC+02:00 * Kaliningrad T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zambia
Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bordered to the north by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The population is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country. Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following European colonization of Africa, European colonisers in the 18th century, the British colonised the region into the British protectorates of Barotziland–North-Western Rho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luangwa River
The Luangwa River is one of the major Tributary, tributaries of the Zambezi River, and one of the four biggest rivers of Zambia. The river generally floods in the rainy season (December to March) and then falls considerably in the dry season. It is one of the biggest unaltered rivers in Southern Africa and the that make up the surrounding valley are home to abundant wildlife. Source and upper-middle course ''Note: distances stated are approximate straight-line distances from source''. The Luangwa rises in the Lilonda and Mafinga Hills in north-east Zambia at an elevation of around , near the border with Tanzania and Malawi, and flows in a southwesterly direction through a broad valley. About from its source it has dropped to an elevation of about and becomes a meandering river with a floodplain several kilometres wide. Over the next the meanders increase, with many oxbow lakes and Meander#Abandoned meander, abandoned meanders. Near Mfuwe, the river's elevation has dropped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 about 3.3 million, while the urban population is estimated at 2.5 million in 2018. Lusaka is the centre of both commerce and government in Zambia and connects to the country's four main highways heading Great North Road, Zambia, north, Livingstone Road, south, Great East Road, east, and Great West Road, Zambia, west. English is the official language of the city administration, while Bemba language, Bemba, Tonga language (Zambia and Zimbabwe), Tonga and Nyanja are the commonly-spoken street languages. The earliest evidence of settlement in the area dates to the 6th century AD, with the first known settlement in the 11th century. It was then home to the Lenje people, Lenje and Soli language, Soli peoples from the 17th or 18th century. The found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunda People
Location The Kunda or Akunda people are an ethnic group that hails from Mambwe District of Eastern Province, Zambia. Most Kundas live on the eastern bank of the Luangwa River near South Luangwa National Park. The Kunda people are not to be confused with the Chikunda of Luangwa District and those found in Zimbabwe and Mozambique and their language is totally different from the Kunda of Luangwa District. The Kundas who number approximately 250,000 people, speak a language called Chikunda, a Bantu language closely related to Bisa and Nsenga. History of the Kunda People Origins of the Kunda People Silva Porto on his 1852 expedition mentions the Kunda people, ''“Where the Luangwa is crossed begins the territory of the Cunda.” David Livingstone during his 1868 visit to the ''Awemba'' country makes a sketch drawing of an ''“Akunda”'' person with facial tribal markings. The Kunda people were part of the later migrations from the Congo basin after the collapse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Luangwa National Park
South Luangwa National Park is a national park in eastern Zambia that was founded as a game reserve in 1938 and became a national park in 1972. It covers in the valley of the Luangwa River, which forms its eastern boundary in the Eastern Province of Zambia. It is bordered to the west by a steep escarpment, the Muchinga Escarpment in Muchinga and Central Provinces. The Luangwa Valley lies at the end of the East African Rift valley. The meandering Luangwa River and its lagoons support over 400 bird species and more than 60 mammal species including Rhodesian giraffe, African bush elephant and African buffalo. History South Luangwa National Park was initially created as Luangwa Game Reserve in 1904. British conservationist Norman Carr was influential in setting up the South Luangwa National Park. A man ahead of his time, Norman Carr broke the mould of track-and-hunt safari and created conservation based tourism. In the 1950s, a portion of tribal land was set aside as a game r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malambo (constituency)
Malambo is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. National Assembly of Zambia It covers Mambwe District
Mambwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Eastern Province.
Mambwe District inhabits the Luangwa Valley between the 13th and 14th parallel of south latitude. The Kunda name for this area is "Malambo".
The land is bound on the west by ... in Eastern Province.
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