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Sioma River
Sioma is a town on the west bank of the Zambezi River in the Western Province, Zambia, Western Province of Zambia. Since 2012 it has been the capital of the Sioma District. Geography Sioma is located on the west bank of the Zambezi River north of Sesheke and south of the provincial capital Mongu. The town is situated approximately south of the town of Senanga which marks the southern extent of the Barotse Floodplain. Vegetation in the area is predominantly Dry Kalahari woodland. Weather Annually, the town gets an average of of rain. History An Iron_Age#Sub-Saharan_Africa , Early Iron Age site was excavated at Sioma which has been dated to the mid centuries of the first millennium. Some of the pottery at the site resembles that which is found in Nqoma, Angola. In the 1880s the Portuguese explorer Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto and American James Dabney McCabe both described the settlement as a hamlet. Pinto also described how the Lui government forced local res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Populated Places In Zambia
This is a list of cities, towns, villages and Mission (station), missions in Zambia. Cities Other towns, villages and missions *Chadiza *Chama, Zambia, Chama *Chambishi *Chavuma *Chembe *Chibombo *Chiengi *Chilanga (Lusaka), Zambia, Chilanga, Lusaka *Chilanga, Zambia, Chilanga, Muchinga *Chilonga *Chilubi *Chililabombwe *Chingola *Chinsali *Chinyingi *Chirundu, Zambia, Chirundu *Chisamba *Choma, Zambia, Choma *Chozi, Zambia, Chozi *Gwembe *Isoka *Kabompo *Kabwe *Kafue *Kafulwe *Kalabo *Kalene Hill *Kalomo *Kalulushi *Kanyembo *Kaoma, Zambia, Kaoma *Kapiri Mposhi *Kasama, Zambia, Kasama *Kasempa *Kashikishi *Kataba *Katete *Kawambwa *Kazembe (Mwansabombwe) *Kazungula *Luangwa, Zambia, Luangwa *Luanshya *Lufwanyama *Lukulu *Lundazi *Maamba *Macha Mission *Mansa, Zambia, Mansa *Mazabuka *Mbala, Zambia, Mbala *Mbereshi *Mfuwe *Milenge, Zambia, Milenge *Mkushi *Mongu *Monze *Mpika *Mporokoso *Mpulungu *Mufulira *Mumbwa *Muyombe *Mwandi *Mwinilunga *Nakonde *Nchelenge *Ngoma, Zambia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senanga
Senanga is the capital of the Senanga District, which is located in the Western Province, Zambia, Western Province of Zambia. The town is situated on the eastern bank of the Zambezi River, at the southern end of the Barotse Floodplain. It lies on the main road running parallel to the river from Livingstone, Zambia, Livingstone and Sesheke to Mongu. Recently the Kaunga Lyeti Bridge was completed to cross the Kaunga Lyeti River near the junction to Sioma, traveling from Sesheke and Katima Mulilo. On top of the bridgework, recent road projects (the roads to Mongu and Sesheke) have improved travel conditions and inspired economic confidence and growth. In addition to the river and floodplain with its wildlife and fishing opportunities, Senanga is about 120 km (75 mi) from Sioma Ngwezi National Park and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ngonye Falls. It has a hotel and serves as a base for fishing tours by boat. A tall radio mast makes a prominent landmark in the town. Senan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission (station)
Mission (from Latin 'the act of sending out'), Missions or The Mission may refer to: Geography Australia *Mission River (Queensland) Canada *Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality *Mission, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood *Okanagan Mission, a neighbourhood in Kelowna, British Columbia, commonly called "the Mission" *Mission River, a short river located at the delta of the Kaministiquia River of northern Ontario, Canada *Mission Ridge (British Columbia), a ridge in BC *Mission Ridge Ski Area, a Ski Area near the ridge in BC *Mission Lake, a lake in Saskatchewan United States * Mission, Delaware, an unincorporated community * Mission, Kansas, a city * Mission, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Mission, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Mission, Oregon, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Mission, South Dakota, a city * Mission, Texas, a city * Mission District, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Friars Minor Capuchin
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFMObs, now OFM), the other being the Conventuals (OFMConv). Franciscans reformed as Capuchins in 1525 with the purpose of regaining the original Habit (tunic) of St. Francis of Assisi and also for returning to a stricter observance of the rule established by Francis of Assisi in 1209. History Origins The Order arose in 1525 when Matteo da Bascio, an Observant Franciscan friar native to the Italian region of Marche, said he had been inspired by God with the idea that the manner of life led by the friars of his day was not the one which their founder, St. Francis of Assisi, had envisaged. He sought to return to the primitive way of life of solitude and penance, as practised by the founder of their Order. His religious superiors tried to suppress these inn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngonye Falls
The Ngonye Falls or Sioma Falls is a waterfall on the Zambezi river in Western province Zambia, near the town of Sioma and a few hundred kilometres upstream from the Victoria Falls. Situated in the southern part of Barotseland, the falls are a day's journey by car from the capital, Lusaka. Their inaccessibility makes them much less known than Victoria Falls. The Ngonye Falls Community Partnership Park is located at the falls. The falls are formed by the erosion of a hard sandstone layer to form the drop. Their height is only , but the width of the falls is impressive. They form a broad crescent, interrupted by rocky outcrops. Upstream from the falls, the river is broad and shallow as it flows across the Kalahari sands, but below the falls extensive white water rapids exist, as the river is hemmed in by gorges cut into sandstone rock. See also * List of waterfalls This list of notable waterfalls of the world is sorted by continent, then country, then province, state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dabney McCabe
James Dabney McCabe Jr. (1842–1883) was an American author. Along with his birth name, he also selectively used the pseudonym Edward Winslow Martin. McCabe was born in Richmond, Virginia, on July 30, 1842, the son of Rev. James Dabney McCabe, a Methodist clergyman. He wrote histories and biographies as well as plays, poetry, and travel guides. His papers and correspondence are collected at Johns Hopkins University and include conmmunications with Robert E. Lee, George E. Pickett, Schuyler Colfax, James A. August, George S. Boutwell, J.R. Jones, T. J. Jones, T. W. Brown, George A. Rosecrans, E. Bliss, Jr., William G. McAdoo, Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as the eighteenth Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and again from 1863 to 1864. He was the History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Pa ..., family members, and his publishers. He died on January 27, 1883 in Germantown, Pennsyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Alberto Da Rocha De Serpa Pinto
Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Viscount of Serpa Pinto (aka Serpa Pinto; 20 April 184628 December 1900) was a Portuguese explorer of southern Africa and a colonial administrator. Early life Serpa Pinto was born at the Quinta das Poldras (Tendais) in Cinfães, a Portuguese village on the river Douro. He joined Colégio Militar at age 10. There he became the first student Battalion Commander in 1864, when he joined the Portuguese army and was sent to Portuguese Mozambique. In 1869 he took part in suppressing tribes in revolt around the lower Zambezi. Exploration Also in 1869, Pinto went to eastern Africa on an exploration of the Zambezi River. Eight years later he led an expedition from Benguela, Portuguese Angola, into the basins of the Congo and Zambezi rivers. The town of Menongue was named ''Serpa Pinto'', after him, up to 1975. In 1877, he and Lieutenant Commander Capelo and Lieutenant Ivens, both of the Portuguese navy, were sent to explore the southern Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Age
The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progressing to protohistory (before written history). In this usage, it is preceded by the Stone Age (subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic) and Bronze Age. These concepts originated for describing Iron Age Europe and the ancient Near East. In the archaeology of the Americas, a five-period system is conventionally used instead; indigenous cultures there did not develop an iron economy in the pre-Columbian era, though some did work copper and bronze. Indigenous metalworking arrived in Australia with European contact. Although meteoric iron has been used for millennia in many regions, the beginning of the Iron Age is defined locally around the world by archaeological convention when the production of Smelting, smelted iron (espe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barotse Floodplain
The Barotse Floodplain, also known as the Bulozi Plain, Lyondo or the Zambezi Floodplain, is one of Africa's great wetlands, on the Zambezi River in the Western Province of Zambia. It is a designated Ramsar site, regarded as being of high conservation value. The name recognises the floodplain as spawning the culture and way of life of the Lozi people, "Rotse" being a variant of ''Lozi'', and "Ba" meaning "people". They became a powerful kingdom in Central/Southern Africa under their king or litunga Lewanika, whose realm extended up to 300 km from the plain and was called Barotseland. Topography and area The region is a flat plateau at an elevation of about 1000 m, tilting very slightly to the south. The Zambezi and its headwaters rise on the higher ground to the north, which enjoys good rainfall (1400 mm annually) in a rainy season from October to May. A flood moves down the river, reaching a flat region formed from Kalahari sands, about five hundred kilometres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mongu
Mongu is the capital of Western Province in Zambia and was the capital of the formerly-named province and historic state of Barotseland. Its population is 179,585 (2010 census), and it is also the headquarters of Mongu District. Mongu is the home of the Litunga, King of the Lozi people (currently Lubosi Imwiko III). History The town's original name was ''mungu'', a Lozi word in reference to a growth and production of pumpkins. Mongu was the capital of Barotseland under the Lozi kings from the 18th century until 1911. Under British rule, it was declared a district under the name Mongu-Lealui by Hubert Winthrop Young, the Governor of Northern Rhodesia. Following Zambia's independence in 1964, Mongu was established as a rural council and upgraded to its status of District Council in 1980. Today Mongu remains a predominantly rural urban community with the majority of business found in agronomy. Geography Mongu is situated on a small blunt promontory of higher ground on the easte ... [...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] |
Sesheke
Sesheke is a border town in the Western Province, Zambia, Western Province of Zambia, in a Sesheke District, district of the same name. It lies on the northern bank of the Zambezi River which forms the border with Namibia, Namibia's Caprivi Strip at that point. The Katima Mulilo Bridge, completed in May 2004, spans the river here, connecting Sesheke with the Namibian border town of Katima Mulilo on the southern bank of the Zambezi.Speech of Dr. Sam Nujoma at the bridge's opening ceremony, as published on th Government of Namibia Network . Retrieved 15 February 2005. The M10 Road (Zambia), M10 road, which connects Sesheke to Livingstone, Zambia, Livingstone and the Victoria Falls 200 km to the east, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
