Nchelenge
Sign in to saveNchelenge is a town in the Luapula Province of northern Zambia, lying on the south eastern shore of Lake Mweru. It is contiguous with Kashikishi, and they are sometimes referred to as Nchelenge-Kashikishi. Nchelenge is the administrative centre for the Zambian part of Lake Mweru, being the seat of the district government and branches of national agencies, while Kashikishi is the market and fisheries centre. Nchelenge attained District status in 1997 when it was upgraded from being a sub-District structure of the Kawambwa District in Luapula.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Nchelenge
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- Zambia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Zambia
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Zambia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Luapula Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nchelenge District
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- Imperial
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- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 954
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Nchelenge Town Council – Nchelenge
nchelengecouncil.gov.zm →Link to the official site · 4,859 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Zambia
- Located in
- Nchelenge District
- Population
- 15436
- Elevation
- 933
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.nchelengecouncil.gov.zm
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Notable people
- References
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nchelenge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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