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Mumbwa
Central Province, Zambia · Africa
About Mumbwa
Mumbwa sits on the route: 2 hours from Namwala.
Mumbwa is in Central Province, Zambia, with about 49,000 people. The nearest town is Namwala, about 108 km away.
Mumbwa is a town in the Central Province of Zambia, lying on the M9 Road. Its district covers the western part of the Central Province bordering Kaoma and Western Province to the west, Namwala and Southern Province to the south, Lusaka and Lusaka Province to the east, Kasempa and North-Western Province to the northRead more
and Kabwe to the north-east. It is known for its cotton and has a ginnery. The Zambia Air Force has a base in the district. Kafue National Park borders the district to the west. The predominant tribes are the Ila, who speak a dialect known as Sala, mostly to the south and south east and the Kaonde to the north. The Lenje are to the north-east on the border area with Kabwe. There are also relatively large settlement of people from the west and north west such as the Lozi, Nkoya and Luvale, Shona people from the then Southern Rhodesia who settled there as refugees from the civil war in that country and who are now almost integrated and Tonga from the south. A lot of prospecting for minerals such as copper and gold was done in the district and small scale mines operated there. Most are now closed, though the gold mine at Luiri has been revived.
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Mumbwa is in Central Province, Zambia, about 108 km from Namwala.
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- Population
- 49,461
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Zambia
- Region
- Central Province
- Timezone
- Africa/Lusaka
- Coordinates
- -14.9829, 27.0619
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