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Chaponda Destination Guide

Discover Chaponda in Zambia

Chaponda in the region of Eastern is a town located in Zambia - some 283 mi or ( 456 km ) North-East of Lusaka , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Chaponda

Local time in Chaponda is now 02:54 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Lusaka " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Songea, Nsefu, Ndola, Mjose, and Mchenga. When in this area, you might want to check out Songea . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Chaponda ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Mambwe people

The Mambwe are an ethnic and linguistic group from Rukwa Region, Tanzania and northeastern Zambia. In 1987 the Mambwe population in Tanzania was estimated to number 63,000 http://www. ethnologue. com/show_country. asp?name=TZ. The number of Mambwe in Zambia has not been independently estimated, though the combined number of Mambwe and Lungu in Zambia was estimated to be 262,800 in 1993 http://www. ethnologue. com/show_language. asp?code=mgr.

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Located at -13.28 32.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Ethnic groups in Tanzania, Ethnic groups in Zambia, Indigenous peoples of East Africa