Mfuwe is the main settlement of

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 Provi ...

in the Eastern Province of

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, serving the

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and

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in the

Luangwa Valley The Luangwa River is one of the major 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 ...

. It is located in

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 ...

, about west-north-west of

Chipata Chipata is a city and administrative centre of the Eastern Province of Zambia and Chipata District. It was declared the 5th city of the country, after Lusaka, Ndola, Kitwe and Livingstone, by President Edgar Lungu on 24 February 2017. The cit ...

. Mfuwe has an

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with a surfaced runway capable of taking regional domestic and international flights. This village holds the record of the highest temperature ever recorded in

with set on 26 October 2011. In 1991, the village was plagued by a large, maneless, man-eating

lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'', native to Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body (biology), body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the ...

later known as the Man-Eater of Mfuwe, who claimed six people before being shot and killed.

Climate

Mfuwe has a relatively dry

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ...

(

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: ''Aw'') with warm to hot temperatures and distinct wet and dry seasons. October and November are the hottest months, while June and July are the coolest months, featuring cool nights. The

wet season The wet season (sometimes called the rainy season or monsoon season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. Generally, the season lasts at least one month. The term ''green season'' is also sometimes used a ...

, from November to March, experiences significant rainfall. The

dry season The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The t ...

, from May to October, has little precipitation.

References

Populated places in Eastern Province, Zambia {{Zambia-geo-stub

Climate

See also

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