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Kawambwa
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Kawambwa is a town in the Zambian province of Luapula located on the edge of the northern Zambian plateau above the Luapula valley at an altitude of 1300 m. It was chosen as an administrative district of the same name by the British colonial authorities who preferred the climate of the plateau rather than the hotter valley where most of the district's population live, and it continues as an administrative district today.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Kawambwa is referenced by 31 other articles, and connects out to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and time zone.

The entry is geolocated on the map in ZM, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Luapula Province.

Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Kawambwa
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
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
Kawambwa 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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
city
Country
Zambia
Population
15953
Elevation
1300
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
Teachers house.jpg
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Commons category
Kawambwa
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Encyclopedic overview

2 sections
Contents
  • Climate
  • References

{{Infobox settlement

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kawambwa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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