Kataba (Zambia)

Kataba , translated: the one-eyed leopard , are two places, a forest and a valley with a stream in Zambia :

• Kataba, a place at an altitude of 1,157 meters in the province of Luapula ( 11 ° 52 ′  S , 29 ° 46 ′  E ) southeast of Lake Bangweulus , an inaccessible village with an unpaved, 1,000-meter-long runway
• Kataba on the Kataba Bach in the Western Province ( 15 ° 30 ′  S , 23 ° 16 ′  E ) is often mentioned in the discussion about a tenth province, the Kafue Province, which is said to include the districts or parts thereof of: Mumbwa , Kabompo , Kasempa , Lukulu , Namwala , Kalomo , Kazungula , Mulobezi, Kataba, Sesheke and Kaoma as the capital. This Kafue province should be completely oriented towards the Kafue National Park and developed accordingly for tourism. Kataba is 288 kilometers from Luwingu , where the nearest hospital is located. The way there leads through marshland of rivers that carry water all year round.
• Kataba, a forest reserve ( Miombo ) near Mongu . ( 14 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  S , 24 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  E ) with 950 mm of precipitation per year and an international biological research station
• The Kataba valley of the Kataba brook in Barotseland near the Bulozi plain

Web links

• Report on the problems in Katabawald (English)
• Researcher photos from the Kataba forest
• Katababach and -tal

Coordinates: 11 ° 52 ′  S , 29 ° 46 ′  E