Milenge

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This article is about a district of Zambia. For a Bollywood movie with a similar name, see Milenge Milenge.
Location of Milenge town and district in Luapula Province, Zambia
Location of Milenge town and district in Luapula Province, Zambia

Milenge is a settlement in the Luapula Province of Zambia, and headquarters of an administrative district of the same name. It consists of the boma housing the district council and offices, with a village of a few thousand people on the dirt road which runs from Chembe Ferry in the west.

[edit] Milenge District

Milenge District is the most southerly district in the Luapula Province and was carved out of Mansa District. It is rural and undeveloped, lacking roads and infrastructure. Its southern boundary is the Luapula River which divides it from DR Congo and the district lies roughly between the Chembe Ferry to Mansa road in the west and the Kapalala Ferry to Samfya road in the east. A single dirt road runs through the central part of the district from Chembe in the west following the north-west bank of the Lwela River, passing through Milenge Boma, Milambo and Lwela Mission, eventually connecting to the provincial capital, Mansa in the north-west.[1] Most of the population of the district lives along the shallow valley of the Lwela River. The district is gently undulating flat plateau with an elevation of about 1200 m, consisting of woodland and wooded grassland interspersed with dambos.[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Terracarta/International Travel Maps, Vancouver Canada: "Zambia, 2nd edition", 2000.
  2. ^ Google Earth

Coordinates: 11°55′30″S 28°56′35″E / -11.925, 28.94306

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