Kalabo
Kalabo is an urban centre in Kalabo District, in the Western Province of Zambia. The town is the headquarters of the district with the same name.
The town is located on the plains west of the Zambezi River and the Barotse Floodplain, and approximately 58 km, by road east of the town of Sikongo, Zambia, close to the border with Angola. This is approximately 660 km, by road, west of Lusaka, Zambia's capital and largest city.
The geographical coordinates of Kalabo are:14°59'28.0"S, 22°40'44.0"E (Latitude:-14.991111; Longitude:22.678889). Kalabo sits at an average elevation of 1019 m above mean sea level.
The town is located on the plains west of the Zambezi River and the Barotse Floodplain, and approximately 58 km, by road east of the town of Sikongo, Zambia, close to the border with Angola. This is approximately 660 km, by road, west of Lusaka, Zambia's capital and largest city.
The geographical coordinates of Kalabo are:14°59'28.0"S, 22°40'44.0"E (Latitude:-14.991111; Longitude:22.678889). Kalabo sits at an average elevation of 1019 m above mean sea level.
Map - Kalabo
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The region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the 13th century. Following the arrival of European explorers in the 18th century, the British colonised the region into the British protectorates of Barotseland-North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia comprising 73 tribes, towards the end of the 19th century. These were merged in 1911 to form Northern Rhodesia. For most of the colonial period, Zambia was governed by an administration appointed from London with the advice of the British South Africa Company. On 24 October 1964, Zambia became independent of the United Kingdom and prime minister Kenneth Kaunda became the inaugural president. From 1972 to 1991 Zambia was a one-party state with the United National Independence Party as the sole legal political party under the motto "One Zambia, One Nation" coined by Kaunda. Kaunda was succeeded by Frederick Chiluba of the social-democratic Movement for Multi-Party Democracy in 1991, beginning a period of government decentralisation.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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ZMW | Zambian kwacha | ZK | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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NY | Chichewa language |
EN | English language |