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Chipata is a city and administrative centre of the Eastern Province of Zambia and Chipata District. It was declared the 5th city of the country, after Lusaka, Ndola, Kitwe and Livingstone, by President Edgar Lungu on 24 February 2017. The city has undergone rapid economic and infrastructure growth in the years, leading up to city status. [1] [2 ...
Luangwa Valley rifting the highlands dividing Zambia and Malawi, is located in the region. A small portion of Nyika Plateau above Lake Nyasa is located in the northern portion of the province. [9] Chipata is the most developed city in the province and the fifth most developed in the nation, followed by Lundazi and Petauke.
Chipata City Centre is located about 570 km from Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia, on the Great East Road while it is only 130 km from Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi. Thus, Chipata accesses its imports mainly from Nacala and Dar es Salaam ports in Mozambique and Tanzania respectively, all routes passing through Malawi to Mwami Border.
Chipata, the capital of the Eastern Province was an early outpost of the British colonial administration as Fort Jameson when Zambia was Northern Rhodesia.Like most of the Eastern Province, it had much easier access to Malawi, then the British protectorate of Nyasaland, and to the Mozambique ports of Quelimane and Beira than to the rest of Northern Rhodesia, and so most trade and communication ...
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An enlargeable topographic map of Zambia. Geography of Zambia. Zambia is: a landlocked country; Location: Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere; Africa. East Africa; Southern Africa; Time zone: Central Africa Time ; Extreme points of Zambia High: unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,329 m (7,641 ft) Low: Zambezi 329 m (1,079 ft)
Chipata Airport is in eastern Zambia, near the town of Chipata, approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi), by air, northeast of Lusaka International Airport, the country's largest civilian and military airport. [5] This location is approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) by road, northwest of the central business district of the town of Chipata. [6]
City Province Population Image 2010 census [1] 2000 census [2] 1990 census [3] 1980 census Lusaka: Lusaka: 1,747,152: 1,084,703: 769,353: 735,830: Kitwe: Copperbelt ...