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Luangwa, Zambia. Luangwa is a town in Zambia, at the confluence of the Luangwa and Zambezi Rivers, which was called Feira until 1964. It is headquarters of a district of the same name in Lusaka Province. Feira was probably the first European settlement in Zambia, but the dates are not well documented. What is documented is that the Portuguese ...
The Luangwa River is one of the major tributaries of the Zambezi River, and one of the four biggest rivers of Zambia. The river generally floods in the rainy season (December to March) and then falls considerably in the dry season. It is one of the biggest unaltered rivers in Southern Africa and the 52,000 square kilometres (20,000 sq mi) that ...
Luangwa District is a district of Zambia, located in Lusaka Province. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 35,933 people. [1] Luangwa District is bordered by two Rivers, namely the Luangwa River to the east and the Zambezi River to the south. The Luangwa River separates it from Mozambique and the Zambezi separates it ...
North Luangwa National Park is a national park in Zambia, [1] the northernmost of the three in the valley of the Luangwa River. Founded as a game reserve in 1938, it became a national park in 1972 and now covers 4,636 km². Like the South Luangwa National Park, its eastern boundary is the Luangwa River, while it rises to cover a stretch of the ...
The Second Luangwa Bridge (opened in 1968) was built quickly above the first, with aid from Britain which had been the colonial power in Zambia. It is a cable-stayed bridge designed by Freeman Fox & Partners and built by the Redpath Dorman Long. It has a composite steel-reinforced concrete deck 9.8 m wide, two H-shaped steel pylons 42 m tall on ...
The Luangwa Road (designated as D145 on Zambia's road network) [2] [3] is the road that provides access to the town of Luangwa. It is the only road used to enter and exit Luangwa. It starts at a junction with the T4 (Great East Road) just west of the Luangwa Bridge in Luangwa District, going southwards.
The Luangwa Valley in Eastern Province has one of the best managed wild life areas in Zambia. [8] South Luangwa National Park (although most of it lies outside the province, its management and the only public road access is from the province), North Luangwa National Park in Northern Province, Luambe National Park and Lukusuzi National Park are ...
Mfuwe is the main settlement of South Luangwa National Park in the Eastern Province of Zambia, serving the tourism industry and wildlife conservation in the Luangwa Valley. It is located in Mambwe District, about 100 km (62 mi) west-north-west of Chipata. Mfuwe has an airport with a 2.15 km (1.34 mi) surfaced runway capable of taking regional ...