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Samfya is a town located in the Zambian province of Luapula. [1] It is the centre of Samfya District . The town is located on the south-western shore of Lake Bangweulu , on the longest stretch of well-defined shore of that lake (the northern, eastern and southern margins of which are marshy).
Samfya District is located in Luapula Province, Zambia. The headquarters is at Samfya. Most of Samfya District is lake, swamp of floodplain. It covers part of Lake Bangweulu and the Bangweulu swamps. The only extensive dry land is along its western edge where it borders Milenge and Mansa districts.
The town or large village is situated at the most north-westerly tip of the island. Chilubi is 45 km across the lake from Samfya, 28 km from Chaba and 38 km from Nsombo. Chilubi is unique in Zambia, being the only one of the 116 district headquarters or bomas on an island, with no road connections. [1]
As per the report of agricultural statistics of 2014 published by the Central Statistical Office of Zambia, the major economic activity in the province was fishing. The chief artery of the province is the Samfya-Mansa-Mwansabombwe-Nchelenge highway, known as the Zambia Way. Though rich in natural resources, the province is one of the backward ...
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Only the western side of the lake and some of the islands have a well defined shore, with sandy beaches in places especially around Samfya, though even there, some of the bays and inlets are swampy. [5] [12] It was found that infection with Schistosoma haematobium on the western shores of Lake Bangweulu, Zambia, is higher than previously ...
Lunga District is a district in the Luapula Province of Zambia. It was declared a district in 2012 by Michael Sata [1] (by splitting Samfya District [2]). The district comprises archipelago of islands in the Bangweulu Wetlands in the south-east of Lake Bangweulu. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 39,383 people. [3]
Milenge District with headquarters at Milenge, Zambia is the most southerly district in the Luapula Province and was carved out of Mansa District. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 56,543 people. [1] It is rural and undeveloped, lacking roads and infrastructure.