Chienge
Sign in to saveright|250px|thumb|Location of Chiengi town and district in Luapula Province, Zambia Chiengi is a historic colonial boma of the British Empire in central Africa and today is a settlement in the Luapula Province of Zambia, and headquarters of Chiengi District. Chiengi is in the north-east corner of Lake Mweru, and at the foot of wooded hills dividing that lake from Lake Mweru Wantipa, and overlooking a dambo (marshy plain) stretching northwards from the lake, where the Chiengi rivulet (the origin of the name) flows down from the hills.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mununga
- Region
- Luapula Province
- Country
- Zambia
- Population
- 15,165
- Timezone
- Africa/Lusaka
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Chiengi
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Zambia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Zambia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Zambia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Luapula Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chiengi District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018 Estimate
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.timezone
- CAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Chienge
- Population
- 9161
- Elevation
- 921
- Official website
- www.chiengecouncil.gov.zm
via Wikidata · CC0
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-colonial history
- Colonial history
- History since
- Roads
- See also
- References
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