Mount Makulu Zambia

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Mount Makulu Zambia is an agricultural research station situated 10 miles south of Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia.

It was started by the British Government after the Second World War while Zambia was a British colony called Northern Rhodesia which was then a part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Rhodesia was named after the explorer Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902).

During the 1950's and 1960's Mount Makulu was home to an expatriate community of notably English and Dutch residents and to the local African population. Named after a local hill called Mount Makulu it was involved in various research activities related to, for example, grasses and silage. It was a thriving if small community with a local tennis club built by the residents. The nearest town is Chilanga which has local schools and whose main industry is the manufacture of cement.

After Zambia gained its independence from Britain under President Kenneth Kaunda in 1964 Mount Makulu continued as an agricultural research station as a part of the Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries of Zambia. The current address is set out below.

Mount Makulu Research Station, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Zambia

Postal Address: P/B7 Chilanga Fax: +260 1 278390 Telex: research