Chongwe District (Chongwe District)
Chongwe District is a district of Zambia, located in Lusaka Province. The capital lies at Chongwe. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 137,461 people.
Before 1997, Chongwe District, together with Kafue District and Rufunsa District, was known as "Lusaka Rural".
Chongwe is home to Chalimbana University (formerly National In-service Teachers College - NISTCOL).
Before 1997, Chongwe District, together with Kafue District and Rufunsa District, was known as "Lusaka Rural".
Chongwe is home to Chalimbana University (formerly National In-service Teachers College - NISTCOL).
Map - Chongwe District (Chongwe District)
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Country - Zambia
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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 |