Kafue
Sign in to saveKafue is a town on the T2 road in the Lusaka Province of Zambia and it lies on the north bank of the Kafue River, after which it is named. It is the southern gateway to the central Zambian plateau on which Lusaka and the mining towns of Kabwe and the Copperbelt are located.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kafue
- Region
- Lusaka Province
- Country
- Zambia
- Population
- 104,174
- Timezone
- Africa/Lusaka
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kafue
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kafue.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Zambia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Zambia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Zambia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lusaka Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kafue District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 219,000
- Settlement.population_urban
- 131,293
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1008
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Zambia
- Located in
- Kafue District
- Population
- 2200
- Elevation
- 1008
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Kafue.jpg
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- different from
- Kafue River
- Commons category
- Kafue
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Site
- History
- Transport links
- Population
- Religion
- Industry
- Kafue Bulk Water Supply Project (KBWSP)
- References
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