Lukulu (Zambia)

Location of Lukulu in Zambia

Lukulu is a market town in the Western Province of Zambia . It is 1034 meters above sea level and is the seat of the administration of the district of the same name with 68,375 inhabitants (2000 census) and itself has over 3000 inhabitants (2006).

geography

Lukulu is on the Zambezi . Below Lukulu, the Barotse Plain opens up with a layer of sand several tens of meters thick, which is flooded every year and forms a considerable groundwater reservoir.

Economy and Infrastructure

This is where the greatest successes in reducing poverty since 1998 have been achieved. The most important economic product of this district is fish from the Zambezi. The wide floodplains of the Zambezi consist of sand, but are fertile. The Santa Maria Mission's Deep Sand ferry crosses the Zambezi near Lukulu . In 2003 mining rights for diamonds were granted.

Lukulu has a hospital, elementary and secondary schools, a gas station and a few shops. There is an unpaved, 1200 meter long runway. The 195 kilometer long dirt road to Katunda was renewed in 2001. A supplier route takes the road or the Benguela Railway from Luanda to Cangimbe on the Lungwebungu River and continues the transport by boat to Lukulu and Mongu , which depends largely on the water level.

See also

• For a map with all districts and provinces see: Administrative division of Zambia

Web links

• Travel report from Lukulu from 2001 (English)
• Photos from Lukulu
• Hydrology of the Zambezi Basin (PDF)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bevölkerungsstatistik.de (2006)

Coordinates: 14 ° 24 ′  S , 23 ° 16 ′  E