Chinsali
Chinsali is a town in Zambia, which is both the district headquarters of Chinsali District and provincial headquarters of Muchinga Province.
It lies just off the road between Mpika and Isoka (Tanzam Highway; Zambia's Great North Road), about 90 km southwest of Isoka. This is about 176 km north-north-east of Mpika.
Chinsali is located approximately 824 km, by road, north-east of the city of Lusaka, the capital and largest city in the country.
The geographical coordinates of Chinsali Town are 10°33'08.0"S, 32°04'09.0"E (Latitude:-10.552222; Longitude:32.069167). The town is nestled at an average elevaion of 1383 m above mean sea level.
It lies just off the road between Mpika and Isoka (Tanzam Highway; Zambia's Great North Road), about 90 km southwest of Isoka. This is about 176 km north-north-east of Mpika.
Chinsali is located approximately 824 km, by road, north-east of the city of Lusaka, the capital and largest city in the country.
The geographical coordinates of Chinsali Town are 10°33'08.0"S, 32°04'09.0"E (Latitude:-10.552222; Longitude:32.069167). The town is nestled at an average elevaion of 1383 m above mean sea level.
Map - Chinsali
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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 |