Chinsali
Coordinates: 10 ° 33 ' S , 32 ° 4' E
Chinsali is a city with 14,000 inhabitants (2006 estimate) and a district with 128,646 inhabitants (2000 census) in Zambia . Chinsali is the capital of the Muchinga Province, which was newly created in 2011 . The city is 1,300 meters above sea level.
geography
Chinsali is located in the Muchinga Mountains , and the district comprises the northern half of it. It is north of Mpika on the Tanzam Highway . To the east lies the upper valley of the Luangwa , to the west Kasama and the Bangweulu basin . On Tanzam Highway are the Chipomafälle .
economy
The fertility of the soil in this mountainous area is low. Corn, kasava and beans are grown. Despite good rainfall, the social and economic situation in the district is tense. The discussion between the government and church representatives revolves around the inadequate supply of artificial fertilizers and seeds. The floodplains of the Chambeshi River offer great potential for growing sugar cane, coffee, rice and sweet potatoes. The rice grown cannot be sold in the country because it cannot be polished. But Tanzanians from the Usangu Plain rice-growing region buy it cheaply, polish it and export it back to Zambia at a much higher price. There are numerous waterfalls, but no electricity or water supply. The tourist potential is idle. Chinsali is not mentioned in the “Visit Zambia” campaign. The Frankfurt Zoological Society has set up a camp 40 kilometers west of the Tanzam Highway at the entrance to the North Luangwa National Park near Lwanya.
politics
Chinsali is now a stronghold of the opposition. It is a city where the memory of the defeat of the Lumpa Church , a Christian, sharp anti- traditional flow of Alice Lenshina by the British, which claimed thousands of deaths, is still very awake. Major politicians from the time of Zambia's independence were born here or, like Kenneth Kaunda , nearby, went to school in Lubwa Mission and have their political roots in the Lumpa movement.
Infrastructure
There are elementary and secondary schools, a hospital, another one in Lubwa Mission nearby, and a 1,000-meter-long runway.
Social
In a study from 2001 UNICEF found an average child labor rate of 20% in Zambia, but of 70% in Chinsali, Mpika and Chililabombwe. Child sexual abuse is 10 percent higher than the national average of 72% for girls and 28% for boys as well as in Mansa , Chililabombwe , Nchelenge , Mpika and Kaoma .
sons and daughters of the town
- Simon Kapwepwe (1922–1980), second Vice President of Zambia from 1967 to 1970
- Betty Kaunda b. Banda, wife of Kenneth Kaunda
- Kenneth Kaunda (* 1924), first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991
See also
- For a map with all districts and provinces see: Administrative division of Zambia
