Chiengi

Chiengi
Chiengi
Location in Zambia
Coordinates: 8°38′00″S 29°10′00″E / 8.63333°S 29.16667°E / -8.63333; 29.16667
Country Zambia
ProvinceLuapula Province
DistrictChiengi District
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)

Chiengi or is a historic colonial boma of the British Empire in central Africa and today is a settlement in the Luapula Province of Zambia, and headquarters of Chiengi District. Chiengi is in the north-east corner of Lake Mweru, and at the foot of wooded hills dividing that lake from Lake Mweru Wantipa, and overlooking a dambo (marshy plain) stretching northwards from the lake, where the Chiengi rivulet (the origin of the name) flows down from the hills.

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