Kafue

Kafue
Kafue
Location in Zambia
Coordinates: 15°46′S 28°11′E / 15.767°S 28.183°E / -15.767; 28.183
Country Zambia
ProvinceLusaka Province
DistrictKafue District
Elevation
3,307 ft (1,008 m)
Population
 (2010)
  City
219,000
  Urban
131,293
ClimateCwa

Kafue is a town on the T2 road in the Lusaka Province of Zambia and it lies on the north bank of the Kafue River, after which it is named. It is the southern gateway to the central Zambian plateau on which Lusaka and the mining towns of Kabwe and the Copperbelt are located.