Chirundu, Zambia

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Chirundu, Zambia (Zambia)
Chirundu, Zambia
Location of Chirundu

Chirundu, Zambia is a town in Zambia at the border with Zimbabwe and is a key point on the Great North Road. It is the site of two of the five major road or rail bridges across the Zambezi river, the Chirundu Bridges.

The Chirundu Petrified Forest is an area of fossil trees 21 km west of Chirundu, lying just south of the Chirundu-Lusaka road near the Kariba turn-off. It is a listed National Monument of Zambia.

On the Zimbabwe side the township is also called Chirundu.

Coordinates: 16°03′S, 28°50′E

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