Luangwa (city)
Luangwa is a village at the mouth of Luangwa in the province of Lusaka in Zambia . It is 347 meters above sea level and is the seat of the administration of the district of the same name with 18,948 inhabitants (2000 census).
The name of the village was Feira until 1964, but was changed to Luangwa in the course of independence in order not to remember the colonial past. Because Feira was founded as a Portuguese settlement around 1820 and is probably the oldest European settlement in Zambia.
Luangwa is a border town. On the opposite bank of the Zambezi in Zimbabwe is Kanyemba , on the opposite bank of the Luangwa Zumbo in Mozambique . Since April 2006, a pontoon bridge for cars will each run between Kanyemba, Luangwa and Zumbo.
In the center of the village is a large baobab , the so-called Livingstone tree . The Lower Zambezi National Park , which begins with the village, offers animal life with elephants, hippos, crocodiles and many other animal species directly on site. The most important employer is the state, for which police officers and customs officers work. The village has a primary school. The investrust bank wants to open a branch overlooking the tourism and the neighboring Zumbo of 2007.
Luangwa is to be supplied from Chongwe with an 88 kilovolt power line. From there, a 33 kilovolt line will supply the surrounding area with 19,000 people (as of 2005).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brelsford, WV (1954). "Harrison Clark: King of Northern Rhodesia". The Northern Rhodesia Journal (Lusaka: Northern Rhodesia Society) II (4): 13-31.
- ^ The Northern Rhodesia Journal online, Volume V No. 1 (1962) p43. Accessed March 21, 2007.
Coordinates: 15 ° 38 ′ S , 30 ° 24 ′ E