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Kalomo is a town in southern 
Kalomo is a town in southern 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 bor ...
, lying 125 km north east of Livingstone, on the main road ( T1) and railway line
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to 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 abo ...
. It is home to the Batonga people. It was the first administrative centre
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...
of Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in Southern Africa, now the independent country of Zambia. It was formed in 1911 by Amalgamation (politics), amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia and North ...
(specifically North-Western Rhodesia
North-Western Rhodesia, in south-central Africa, was a territory administered from 1891 until 1899 under charter by the British South Africa Company. In 1890 the British South Africa Company signed a treaty with King Lewanika of the Barotse, on ...
), serving until the capital city
A capital city, or just capital, is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state (polity), state, province, department (administrative division), department, or other administrative division, subnational division, usually as its ...
was established at Livingstone in 1907. The Administrator's House still survives from this era. It is the capital of the Kalomo District.
Kalundu Mound, site of a village from at least the ninth century until the twelfth century, lies near the town.
Additionally, Kalomo is home to the Namwianga Mission.
References
Capitals of former nations Northern Rhodesia Populated places in Southern Province, Zambia {{Zambia-geo-stub